Larry,
When you're installing new front wheel bearing races, use the old ones as a
drift.
Theo Smit
Tsmit@novatel.ca <mailto:Tsmit@novatel.ca>
Tsmit@home.com <mailto:Tsmit@home.com>
B382002705
-----Original Message-----
From: Wright, Larry [SMTP:larry.wright@usop.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 7:10 AM
To: National Corporation (E-mail)
Subject: INQUIRY 081799c (13)
"Underneath", installment #13
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The front wheel bearings are about ready so I can add the
hub/rotor assemblies to the front suspension. The old races, you may
remember, were marked up, so I drove them out with a punch. I figured
the new ones would be a tight fit, so I decided to try the freezer trick
again. The races chilled overnight, and I only took them out of the
freezer one at a time to tap them into the hubs with the same punch
(don't slip! don't want to scratch the surface!). Didn't have to heat
the hubs in the oven. There's a notch in the hub to enable getting a
punch on the backside to facilitate getting the races out, but no such
help when getting the new ones back in. On both inner and outer races,
they need to be driven _below_ a ledge for the bearing seals and/or dust
cap, so you're perching the punch right on the edge of the race.
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Lawrence R. Wright
Purchasing Analyst
Andrews Office Products Div. of USOP
larry.wright@usop.com (new)
Ph. 301.386.7923 Fx. 301.386.5333
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