Front wheel bearing replacement

[Keith Lawyer]

With the right cups/receivers you can do an awful lot with the $30 or $50 Harbor Freight ball joint press (yes I know supporting China is evil etc etc), but admittedly I've never done wheel bearings on an Audi with it.  And it can get quite cumbersome, quickly becoming a 2 person job to hold the cups in place until you tighten down the press.  I've done all sorts of various projects with the ball joint press tho, handy tool to have regardless.  

http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/111098/original/Insurance%20033.jpg

It likely doesn't have enough depth to even come close to being able to do the wheel bearings now that I *really* think about it......

I just got a 50T shop press tho (also from HF), so there's not much I can't press at this point.  Of course I seem to just use it to flatten pennies..............simple minds, simple pleasures.

Keith L

>>> Kneale Brownson <kneale at coslink.net> 7/6/2005 4:30 PM >>>
You need a press or some extraction device like a HubShark
http://www.thetoolwarehouse.net/shop/OLD-7325.html   or the homemade
version like Huw's  bushings tools
http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/bushings-pix2.htm    Heat would ruin a
bearing and you need to PRESS the new one back in.