Wheel bearings and getting bent over

[Beatty, Robert]

The way the bearing is constructed, it will almost ALWAYS leave the outer
half of the inner race on the hub.  Thats just how it comes apart when you
press it apart.

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Cobram . [SMTP:cobram at juno.com]
> Sent:	Monday, October 09, 2000 10:41 PM
> To:	quattro at audifans.com
> Subject:	Re: Wheel bearings and getting bent over
> 
> Orin Eman <orin at WOLFENET.com> writes:
> 
> >>Depends on how badly the bearing inner race sticks on the hub.
> There isn't room to get a decent puller in there.
> Even so 2 hours seems excessive.<<
> 
> The strut was out, taken to someone who had a press.  No way any part of
> the
> bearing is going to be left sticking to the hub at those pressures.  A set
> of bearings done on the car would probably justify the two hours, maybe
> even
> a little more if they are really stuck, but that wasn't the case, the
> lister
> handed them the struts.
> 
> BCNU,
> 
>