Removing Bearing Races.

[Chevelle_Nut]

I am overhauling the bearings in my ProPride trailer hitch, They are conical roller bearings, similar to car hub bearings. Is there a tool to more easily remove races besides a hammer and punch? I have 8 races that are in the hub mechanism that I need to remove.

I have a 2 stuck bearings on two separate shafts, I have one almost off. In the picture below the bearing must slide up towards the threads, it has to be dissembled backwards as opposed to a front hub wheel bearing.

 

[kmakar]

I've always used whatever I could to get them off. Most times (like in your case) if I could put them in a vise I'd try and push the spindle out using the jaws of the vise like a stop.

 

[Chevelle_Nut]

I am thinking to get the bearing off I need a kit like this:

 

[Chevelle_Nut]

Getting the races out is a different story.

 

[77cruiser]

Can you weld a bead around them? If so when they cool they shrink.

 

[Chevelle_Nut]

Can you weld a bead around them? If so when they cool they shrink.

Nope, I don't have a welder. I know, Tim Taylor would make a comment about that on "Home Improvement"

 

[Chevelle_Nut]

I got the bearings off, 2 of the 8 races are out. New bearings and seals will be delivered tomorrow.

I had a devil of a time finding black spray paint for this project.

 

[kmakar]

I just paid $28 each for 2 Gates belts (power steering and alt) and they had to get 1 of them from another store, $3.50 a foot for 3/4 heater core hose, 4 gallons of coolant was $70, and this was all at Oreilly's.....

They said they have been shifting stock between stores because they can't get alot of parts.

 

[Chevelle_Nut]

For the paint I searched online OReillys, Auto Zone and Advance in 2 counties. Found 1 can at my local Advance store.

I am glad most of the stuff I have needed was able to be sourced.

 

[Molly's 70]

Nope, I don't have a welder.

Not to worry. I have a nice TIG welder in my garage. You can come over whenever.

 

[kmakar]

Not to worry. I have a nice TIG welder in my garage. You can come over whenever.

I have an arc, mig, tig, and a plasma cutter. I like fabricating steel.

 

[77cruiser]

Not to worry. I have a nice TIG welder in my garage. You can come over whenever.

I could have done that, but he would either have turned around or went in the weeds when he saw the white stuff on the road.

 

[kmakar]

I could have done that, but he would either have turned around or went in the weeds when he saw the white stuff on the road.

You got snow already?

 

[77cruiser]

What do you mean already?
21 inches this month, 1/10 of Lake Tahoe.

 

[kmakar]

What do you mean already?
21 inches this month, 1/10 of Lake Tahoe.

Ouch. We've had some inclement weather too.... Mostly sunny with a chance of clouds, and a blustery 80 today....

 

[77cruiser]

Too bad.

 

[kmakar]

Don't be a hater... Some of us got it like that.

 

[Chevelle_Nut]

72 here, Next week it is supposed to get cold.

 

[kmakar]

72 here, Next week it is supposed to get cold.

Whoa, wait a minute.... you promised nice weather when I came to visit... you backing out of that now?

 

[77cruiser]

-29 tomorrow night, normal New Years Eve weather.