Wheel Bearing Removal and Replacement Made Easy

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Wheel Bearing Removal and Replacement Made Easy

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Years back when I was restoring my '78, I had trouble getting the first bearing out of one of the wheels. I asked here for advice on getting it out with less effort the next time, and I was was quickly rewarded with one of the greatest, simplest, and funniest ways to do the job. Ever since then I've been wanting to do a YouTube how-to video to show the technique, and recently I finally did. I wish I could remember who told me the trick so I could give him credit, but anyway, I always appreciated it. Here's a link to the video - I hope you find it helpful.
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Good video. Use a bolt to do the same. Like the length of the bearing removal tool. When installing bearings, I put the bearing in the freezer for a few hours, or even overnight to shrink the bearing ever so little then install the bearing in the bearing sleeve.
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Many of the bearings and high tension pins on the helicopters I used to work on would not go in unless frozen overnight. When we would get into a pinch and not have time someone would run out in town and get some dry ice. An hour or so and they were ready to install.
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Excellent Vid Tom!
I edited to embed the video and will move this over to the how too forum
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Nicely done! It's much easier to show in a video than try to explain in writing, lol. Just an FYI, one will need two sizes of rod/ bolt for our Wings, 3/4" diameter for the front, and 1" for the rear...
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Very well done video. I would not change a thing. Very clear.
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