I have a historic formula vee that has 1200 front suspension, Iwas trying to take the front brake drum off and the rear needle roller/cage bearing has come out of the drum and is stuck on the shaft i have cut away the cage but the inner race has stayed on the drum...stuck! I was wondering if there are any other ways than attacking it with an angle grinder to remove it and how to prevent this from happening in future?
ian.mezz ·
hammer and a chisel works for me, Just knock the bearing off and not the bit that the seal runs on.
Lucky Phil ·
If a hammer and chisel doesn't work try heating the inner race with an oxy until it starts to glow red.
Then a few belts with a chisel sorts it out.
It's usually a bit of moisture that seeps in and the two surfaces corrode together.
Lightly grease the stub axle before replacing the bearing. In extreme conditions use neversieze instead.
vw54 ·
hammer n chisel wipe off all the chease n crap first so the chisle dont slip
Camo ·
If you don't have an oxy set, you can run a bead of electric weld and this also heats it up and then hit it with the chisel.
Kev
Lucky Phil ·
A weld will always shrink, so welding on the inside of a stuck bearing cup,say in a disc rotor, will reduce it's diameter and make it easier to remove.
I've never tried welding on the outside of a race, but if I did my fear would be that if it did not let go straightaway and cooled down, it would become more stuck.
stagvee40 ·
Yep or weld may spatter and spit weld onto the stub axle.......😂