best/easiest way to remove 'needle bearing' from gq fronthub

[rumpig89]

gday. just replacing needle bearing after snapping cv at axle section approx 3inches from outside of hub..

noticed that the needle bearings were seized and perhaps this contributed to damage. is there an easy way to get these out or just a matter of 'folding' up the bearing with a punch/screwdriver.??

cheerrs

[SWBMQCraig]

excellent question mate.. mine is apart for a swivel hub rebuild atm.. and i also have no idea apart from the brute force method!

Anyone with ideas?

[niss50]

You don't mean the axle seal

[twodiffs]

Or are you referring to the needle bearing sitting in the stub axle?

[mad-marc]

try and tap it out with a pry bar from the other side.
last option is to break it with a screwdriver but this is only if everything else fails.
the outer ring is made of hardened steel an you wil damage the stub and the new bearing won't fit properly.

[MyGQ]

the way i did it was to get a socket that fits down the stub axle with a extension bar on it, then pushed it out, the GQ's have a lip on roller bearings that you can fit a socket against. worked a treat

[rumpig89]

yeh its the needle bearing in the stub axle. tried getting it out today, broke the cage off. then used a slide hammer and gripped onto the outer lip of the race. I managed to get a good grip on it but the lip broke out before i was able to get it out. Tried again and same thing. Dont really like my chances of getting it out without damage now...

prob a trip to the wreckers to solve it..

[Renton]

If you have a welder or access to one run 2 or 3 beads around the inside of the outer race. Once it cools down it should shrink enough to slide it out. You may even be able to get the slide hammer in behind the beads of weld to give you something to pull against.

Hope that makes sense

[morewheeldrive]

Get a shitty screw driver or long pin punch and bend the tip a little so that it can hook in and hit it out in a circular
motion. Failing that just detroy it. But as already said be mindfull of the hub surface

[paul44b]

If you have a welder or access to one run 2 or 3 beads around the inside of the outer race. Once it cools down it should shrink enough to slide it out. You may even be able to get the slide hammer in behind the beads of weld to give you something to pull against.

Hope that makes sense

X 2...they basically fall out if done this way

[SWBMQCraig]

Thanks for the welding idea it worked well.. didn't just fall out.. but a bit of a tap and it was done Pics in case anyone wants a visual reference..

Welded a little bit..


Used a screwdriver to sit on the weld bead and knock it out..


OUT!


Cheers Craig

[Renton]

Sorry I forgot to mention. You need to break the cage out so all the rollers fall out then weld a couple of beads about half way down from where you did your welds. Then it should fall out.

But you got it sorted anyway so all is good