Number_35
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Not much time to work on the car ... life's busy! But anyway, took a few minutes yesterday to first press out the hub (which brings the inner bearing race along with it), which then exposed the snap ring. Got the snap ring out way easier than on the other side in 2017. Then it was time to press the bearing out. Took it up to about 5 tons, and let it sit for awhile, thinking it might pop on its own. Nah ... so then I pumped it up until it popped around 10 tons. Had the face shield on.
Did a really stupid thing before starting - tried to remove the dust shield (which really isn't necessary), and broke the middle bolt. Was not able to drill it out, and wound up using a couple of stainless-steel cable ties to secure that part of the dust shield to the knuckle. It's not pretty, but is quite secure.
Had stashed the new bearing in the freezer (the food one, not outside!) and pressed it in earlier this evening. It went in well. I used the old bearing to press on, so the fit was perfect - didn't have to worry about damaging the new one at all! Then installed the new snap ring, which was not fun, but eventually it cooperated.
Next task - find a way to remove the old inner bearing race from the hub, and then press the hub into the new bearing/knuckle assembly. I still have the old race - it looks like I took the grinder to it to split it.
Then back on the car the knuckle/hub/bearing assembly goes. I wish I had more time to work on it, but so it goes.
Did a really stupid thing before starting - tried to remove the dust shield (which really isn't necessary), and broke the middle bolt. Was not able to drill it out, and wound up using a couple of stainless-steel cable ties to secure that part of the dust shield to the knuckle. It's not pretty, but is quite secure.
Had stashed the new bearing in the freezer (the food one, not outside!) and pressed it in earlier this evening. It went in well. I used the old bearing to press on, so the fit was perfect - didn't have to worry about damaging the new one at all! Then installed the new snap ring, which was not fun, but eventually it cooperated.
Next task - find a way to remove the old inner bearing race from the hub, and then press the hub into the new bearing/knuckle assembly. I still have the old race - it looks like I took the grinder to it to split it.
Then back on the car the knuckle/hub/bearing assembly goes. I wish I had more time to work on it, but so it goes.
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