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| posted on December 5th, 2003 at 08:11 PM |
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rear wheel bearing replacement
Found the noise problem today. The rear outer bearing had cracked into three pieces when I removed it. I'm having some trouble removing the
bearing from the housing. Are there any good tech articles on this subject anywhere? Ive looked on the forum and didnt find anything usefull.
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Rustbucket68
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| posted on December 5th, 2003 at 08:12 PM |
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By the way this is on Shanis 71 superbug not the kombi
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| posted on December 5th, 2003 at 08:35 PM |
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If its a 71 then its a IRS rear end. Take off teh axle first then you can knock out the stub axle and get a better swing at the bearing, from the
inside with a long punch.
Very unusual fro one of these to break ??? Wasnt if lubricated properly
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Rustbucket68
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| posted on December 5th, 2003 at 08:47 PM |
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There was plenty of grease, the inner bearing and spacer came out easily with the circlip removed but the outer bearing is in very tight and Im afraid
of damaging the housing trying to get it out. Do you drift it out from behind?
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| posted on December 5th, 2003 at 09:27 PM |
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Yep...with a big hammer and a chisel/long punch:alien
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| posted on December 6th, 2003 at 01:52 AM |
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just drift out the race+bearing as a unit, slow and steady wins the race  |
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| posted on December 6th, 2003 at 12:25 PM |
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Thanks Guys, now I know Im on the right track:beer
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| posted on December 6th, 2003 at 05:37 PM |
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No the stub axle pushes from the out side to the inside thats why you have to remove the drive axle with CVs... so it will push in. the circlip is a
bit of a buggar some times.
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