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HELP wheel bearings

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:02 pm
by vitara guy
dose any one no how to remove the wheel bearings from my front hub off a 1990 vitara and if they need to be pressed is there any one in western sydney how can do this and it is a bit ergent.
thanks

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:17 pm
by MUD-PIGSIERRA
If they have not been changed in a long time and the grease is all dried up they can be really tight within the hub and hard to get out. If you are talking about getting the collars out they can be knocked out with a hammer and punch, that said I have broken punches before trying to knock them out. Putting the new ones in can be done by using the old collar to get it in as straight as possible.

The Job is not that hard, having the required tools will help though.

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:13 pm
by vitara guy
yer well i have been belting away and nuthing is moving

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:10 pm
by sheps
vitara guy wrote:yer well i have been belting away and nuthing is moving
that's a classic case of hammer not big enough.

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:44 am
by RockHopper
Should be able to get it out with a hammer and chisel. If not, get a die grinder in there and carefully grind through the collar with the die grinder to get it out

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:35 am
by vitara guy
hey problem all fixed got it pressed out today