Pressing Wheel Bearings

[ironworker40]

Here is a little trick to help press wheel bearings. I didn't have a driver large enough for the bearing so I used the old races to press new race into hub. If you cut the old races (I used a 4" grinder with a cutoff wheel) this will allow them to collapse slightly so they wont get stuck in hub bore. The pictures are out of order so and I couldn't switch them so vie them from right to left. 1st put new race in bore, then 1 st old race, then second old race. Then I used the square bar on top of stacked races and pressed the new race in. The cut old races come right out.

 

[Greg5OH]

how big are those races? My 25$ harbor freight bearing race and seal driver goes up to 65 mm i believe. Nice little tool, has 7 or so different sizes.
However I still usually end up using old races. Nice tip about cutting it.

 

[ironworker40]

65 mm would be 2.5 in so that aint doing it. I dont know the exact dimension but its like 3 3/4 IIRC. The cut in the race is priceless if you have ever got the old race stuck behind the new one, saves a lot time also