What we are going to do today, is
We're going to use a blind bearing puller
So what I've done, I've cleaned this out,
with a solvent.
Without spinning the bearing, it's bone dry
And what I want to do is just show
This is the way the seal stacks.
This whole assembly
Went in on this side here.
And goes in and becomes the spacer,
bearings assembly for the rear wheel.
I want to show what a blind bearing puller is.
As you can see here, it's got a point
This point goes in to spread
these jaws.
These jaws
go inside the bearing
and as you tighten it up,
you can see that,
this fits in there.
What it does,
it grabs the inside of the bearing.
And you have a slide hammer
that you'll attach to here.
And of course the slide hammer,
has inertia that will be pulling up
And it will pull the bearing out.
And that is how I pulled the bearing
and the seal all at one time.
Over here I've got a pratice that I use.
I put these in reverse order.
In other words, this came out in this direction,
inside the wheel,
the bearing went next,
of course with the open end towards the inside,
to protect it,
has a sealed outside case.
Then of course the seal,
the seal went in with the exterior being the solid.
Keep dust and dirt out.
I like to stack those just in that manner,
So I don't have to figure out how it went.
I know exactly.
What I'll do here,
stick our blind hole bearing puller.
In here
I pushed it all the way through
It's come all the way through the bearing
and is on this side.
Once I get that tight
I'll take the slide hammer.
Tighten it down
Now I'm just going to.
The seals already come out.
And there we have the bearing.
You can see the inside of the hub.
There is nothing but the raw aluminium.
So, we can take this apart.
We can clean it.
We can lubricate the bearings.
Put it back together.
And we'll have lubricated bearings.
And we'll use the same seals and everything reinstalled
Because we used the right tool.
We haven't hammered,
we haven't caused damage to any of the parts.
We can reuse these,
because there is nothing wrong with them.
Had the bearings been
rusted or badly pitted.
Or ground down with dirt and mud
we would have to replace them.
Being that they were turning and turning easily
We are just going to clean them and re-lubricate.
So I am going to put this in our solvent.
I am going to take this seal.
And I am going to clean it
with some penetrating oil.
Now that is ready for re-installation.
None of these are expensive, in fact I bought these
Most of them came from ebay or maybe harbor freight
I can't remember because I've had
them for so long.
But, it's really hard to do
routine repairs. And do it right
without causing damage without the right tools.