<div><div style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:17px">Hi Dan,</div><div style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:17px">If you have a spare axle, put it on the hub "backwards" so the axle shaft sticks out, put a small block of wood on the end of the axle tube (to protect it and start the bearing moving) and put the nuts back on the wheel studs and use it as a puller. With the evenly spaced wheel studs, you can pull the hub off evenly. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature" style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:17px">Don't use those tiny brake drum locators. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature" style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:17px">And if one of your mates breaks an axle, keep the hub end flange for this job, especially if you have a narrow garage. :-)<br>Best</div><div id="AppleMailSignature" style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:17px">Chris</div><div style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:17px"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Thu., 27 Apr. 2017 at 8:42 am, Corning, Dan (D.C.) <<a href="mailto:dcorning@ford.com">dcorning@ford.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright","serif"">I am trying to remove the rear axle hub and wheel bearing to replace the oil seal located behind them.  After removing the axle shaft, retaining nut and lock washer, the
 photo shows the hub and bearing.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright","serif"">The inner race of the bearing seems to have an interference fit with the axle housing.  Can anyone tell me the proper method to remove the hub?  Can I use two long ¼ inch
 bolts in the threaded holes in the photo to “push” the hub out and then use an appropriate sized bearing driver to reinstall?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright","serif"">Best,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright","serif"">Dan Corning<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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