
Any tips on removing front wheel bearings?
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Re: Any tips on removing front wheel bearings?
As said, give it a good wack, dont be afraid, just watch ya knuckles lol 

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Re: Any tips on removing front wheel bearings?
One side the bearing is cupped and the other isnt. Use a 3/8 extension bar and smack the loose side. It will pop out eventually.
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Re: Any tips on removing front wheel bearings?
Matt i hate wheel bearings!
ive had to get 6 out this week! 2 from nc 4 from mrs CBR,
two bearings had to be bastardized by my dremmel i cut a groove out to get one BB out, so i could get the balls and inner race out, then once out i used and extension bar and socket to pop the other out, i then rebuilt the groove cut bearing with 5 bbs, and then drove it out the other side
was an absolute twat to get out. good luck fella,
ive had to get 6 out this week! 2 from nc 4 from mrs CBR,
two bearings had to be bastardized by my dremmel i cut a groove out to get one BB out, so i could get the balls and inner race out, then once out i used and extension bar and socket to pop the other out, i then rebuilt the groove cut bearing with 5 bbs, and then drove it out the other side
was an absolute twat to get out. good luck fella,
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Re: Any tips on removing front wheel bearings?
Soak in some penatron overnight.
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Re: Any tips on removing front wheel bearings?
penatron - sounds like a machine guaranteed to give you more girth.... 

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Re: Any tips on removing front wheel bearings?
And maybe a heat gun... Aluminum expands more than steel.
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Re: Any tips on removing front wheel bearings?
surely the lad has got them out by now!?
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Re: Any tips on removing front wheel bearings?
nope...lizard821000 wrote:surely the lad has got them out by now!?


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Re: Any tips on removing front wheel bearings?
what you had them off then put back on for mot? wheels that is.
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Re: Any tips on removing front wheel bearings?
Try heating the alloy with a heat gun then use some freeze spray on the bearing, You can get it at most motor factors, good stuff as it has a penetrating oil in it which flows into micro cracks that form when the parts freeze, or so it says on the tin. lol. 

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