[s-cars] wheel bearing puller

[Mark Pollan]

With the Schley the bearing removal procedure is:

1)  Hammer a "horseshoe" shaped piece of metal between the hub and the strut
housing.
2)  Screw hardened bolts through the lug nut holes that push against the
horseshoe until the hub comes out with the inner race attached.
3)  Remove inner race from hub.  There is no tool/attachment in the Schley
kit for this so I rigged something up.  This was the hardest part.
4)  With appropriate "cup" and "washer" draw the outer race out of the strut
housing with the supplied mongo nut/bolt.  Grease everything liberally and
have a mini-mongo cheater bar on hand for this part.

Not technically challenging but space is limited particularly for the
mini-mongo cheater bar up in the wheel well.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Green [mailto:trgreen at comcast.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 6:24 PM
To: Mark Pollan
Cc: 'Scarlist'; 'David Kase'
Subject: Re: [s-cars] wheel bearing puller

Many thanks to all for the comments and suggestions.  I would still  
like some
more experiences with removing the old bearing.

Tom

On Jan 5, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Mark Pollan wrote:

> Hey Tom, many moons ago I visited with Igor K. and dropped off my  
> Schley
> bearing tool for him to use.  I suggested he drop the bearing into the
> freezer before reassembly.  He did and reported smooth sailing.  At  
> least
> that is the way I remember it since in apparently one motion he  
> dropped the
> bearing in the freezer and it came out a chilled bottle of Russia's  
> finest.
>
> HTH,
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Tom Green
> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 11:47 AM
> To: Scarlist; David Kase
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] wheel bearing puller
>
> Dave,
>
> Have you used your kit on the URS6 with the strut still installed on
> the vehicle?  I ask because the URS4/6 have a much
> tighter press fit bearing than those that use a circlip to help retain
> the bearing, and I typically see pressure requirements
> far above what the bolt and impact wrench can supply, even when trying
> to supply some heat to the strut.
>
> It is nice where it works, but I haven't seen better than a 50%
> success rate on the URS4/6 bearings.  Nothing can be worse
> than planning a quick job only to find the strut has to be removed and
> a hydraulic press used to R/R the bearing, so I am
> soliciting other experience for this job.
>
> I am also looking for BTDT on using the original Hub Shark or later
> knock-off designs for this job.
>
> Despite the fancy "Schwaben" pedigree attached to the ECS kit, it does
> not appear to be superior to the Harbor Freight
> kit at half the price, in fact, it looks identical right down to the
> case.
>
> Tom
>
>
>> On Monday January 4 2010 David Kase <dbkase at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> No but I wish this would have been available when I bought my Sir
>> kit for
>> ~$350...
>>
>> Looks like the same deal though.  Works pretty good.  Got the job
>> done on
>> the car.
>>
>> Kase
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Jerry Scott
>> <jerryscott at wispertel.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone tried the ECS Wheel Bearing Puller on the Urs front
>>> bearings?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/ES9747_ES1306825_ES240943_ES240945_ES11420_E
> S3661_ES9009/ES1306825/
>>>
>>> Jerry
>
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