Easy Bearing Race Removal
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- In this video I share I process that I have learned for removing bearing races stuck to a hub that commonly happens when pressing a bearing out of a spindle. I originally saw it on this video a year or so ago: • How to easily remove i... -Enjoy!
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Now you drop this gem a week after I do my wheel bearings...
6 months ago I had this happen, and I cut it off... By cutting too deep and ended up replacing the hub to be safe. I wish I knew this back then too.
Murphys law
Wow. doing my Ranger this week end.
What Greg said.
@@navigatorx1013 The good news is now that you watched it you won't have a stuck race.
And this is the reason I love RUclips I love learning new tips and tricks
The "smoke wrench" one of the best tools in the shop.
nothing beats the heat
The ‘ol Blue Wrench
At the end of the day, after much pleading, begging, hammering, and grinding...
Nothing can be stubborn, if it is liquid.
@@dposcuro actually he never heated the stuck on bearing race enough to cut it with the torch, just enough to make it rapidly expand when heated until it was slightly bigger in diameter, then it just cracks loose and falls off. No cutting necessary, just making use of the laws of thermodynamics.
@@spaceinvadertoo Oh, I know. I wasn't really commenting on the use of the torch in the video, but the use of the torch-wrench in extreme circumstances.
I work on vocational school as teacher and saw this trick while back on RUclips. When next bearing replacement came in I tried this method and I was more excited than any of the students. :D
We use that technique at my work daily to remove bearing races and small gears from pinions.
I was just thinking to myself... I wonder if it'll work on a pinion bearing... now I know. Thanks
I think I first seen the flat rate master use this trick. I have been using it since! My go to method now!
That's where I saw the trick. Unfortunately it didn't work on the first try. Haven't tried again, went back to cut off wheel and chisel.
It's amazing how many useful techniques I've learned from watching your channel after I retired and don't need to use them any more.
friggin awesome, I'm trying this on my next bearing job.
can you then drop the new one back on reversing everything?
@@mikepratali5582 no, you would just press the hub into the new bearing. heat it red hot and you cook the seals and grease.
@@halleffect1 but there is no grease at this time nor a seal.. I'm asking just after it drops off all nice and hot can you flip the hub and drop the new one on as gravity took it off why not have it put it on. I'm thinking you would have to heat the new race in the same way the old one came off
@@mikepratali5582 no, this is sealed cartridge bearing hub. that race is a piece from that bearing assembly which has pulled itself out.
installation is really simple, the bearing tool has a forcing screw and it pushes the hub into the new bearing in a matter of seconds with an impact, no need for anything else.
For those that don't have a torch: grind a vertical groove in race with a cut off wheel (does not have to be all the way through) and hit with cold chisel. The hardened steel bearing race will crack, and slide ride off.
Also make sure you have eye protection and stand a bit to the side. Shrapnel can come flying off the race at an alarming rate!
I found out the hard way that the steel on that bearing race is harder than a cold chisel
I just spent two hours with an air hammer, a dremmel and a chizel before the race gave up and cooperated. I walk in here, see your video on the side (and it was there before I went out to the garage), and watch you do it in less than a minute with a torch. I'm just bangin' my head for not watching this BEFORE I went out there. I know what I'm gonna do on the other side and from now on. Thanks for Postin'!
I sent u the video of this trick on your south main auto facebook page back in 2016! glad u finally tried it out!
An old heavy equipment mechanic once told me that a bearing race inside the hub will come out if you lay a bead of weld on the race, thereby causing it to "shrink" the race as the weld bead cools. I've never tried this method. Thanks for the great videos.
Hmm. Works for me! Been doing this for speedy sleaves on seal for ages, but never thought of using it on wheel bearings. I was in the cut most of the way with a cut off wheel, split with a chisel camp.
Watch Wes Work thats how i do it
Gave us the tip, then pulled out... thought this was a full vid. Yet, I still enjoyed it!
He only gives the tip and nothing but it LMAO 😂
And no Mrs O
That's what She said.....
What do you want him to do "chop it off" 😂😂😂
Just the tip and only for a couple of minutes, wha.
Sweet use for that blue tipped wrench Eric, never saw that before, kudos go out to whoever showed you that...
Hi Eric.You're my favorite automotive channel. I've just about watch all your videos 😥 Keep up the good work!
Congrats on 400k 🎆🎆
This is one race where you always come in first!
SMA...Swift Mechanical Action😎
Congratulations on surpassing the big 400K Mr. O!
another way an old mechanic who has passed now, he would use his mig welder and run a couple beads about 1/2 to inch long on opposite side and it would slide off easily. sometimes only one bead was needed.
thanks for the tip you just showed.
That's a good one and didn't even burn your fingers. Congratulation on hitting 400K.
WOW! I came here from a comment on a video by Rainman Ray's Repairs, I've seen you in the comment section there, too. This was awesome! 🤩BTW I just googled the sentence from the comment and your video was the top return. The algorithms aren't ALL bad! Stay safe.
You can't be a real mechanic...everything you do works.
(I know you're a real mechanic)
Unlike some other you tube mechanics, Eric seems to take delight in every goof up he has ever made and how to fix it. If you're not making mistakes, you're not making progress.
There's no mistakes just happy accidents lol
He's not....but he did sleep at a Holiday Inn last night
It's great when you see a mechanic on RUclips that is actually fixing cars
Great idea to control collateral damages to reused parts. Some have said heating a part will take some of the strength out of it yet no one has suggested how hot it has to be for this to occur.
Got the opportunity to use this method and I love it no more beating on the race
Thats great!! I cant tell you how many times I cut into the hub from using a cutoff wheel
I use a cordless 8220 Dremel tool as it is more controllable.
When i went to Automotive School/college we had one of these types of bearings and ofcourse when the teacher is teaching you, that's what you do and we used cut off wheels too and i'm just thinking how easily it can go bad, fast. This torch method is very nice.
Yup. We’ve all been doing it wrong😂
Don’t cut so deep. You don’t have to cut all the way through; a chisel and hammer will split it quick-like. Or if like in this case the hub is removable use the torch
fishhuntadventure no you don’t have to go all the way through, but you do have to go deep, and sometimes ya nick the hub. It happens. Nothing a quick touch of the sanding disk can’t fix in a jiffy. No harm-no foul😉👍
Excellent tip. I do a lot of bearings on subarus and always have trouble with them. Thanks Mr.O.
Beautifully done. Like that. I was also waiting for the paper towel to ignite!
Thanks for sharing, Eric. Perfect timing, I’ll be changing rear wheel bearing on my brothers car this weekend.
You might have seen Flat Rate Master's video.
I have been a tech since 1980, done hundreds/thousands of wheel bearings. heated ring gears on and off flywheels. This trick has never crossed my mind. Thanks for sharing. In the month since discovering your video i have used this trick 3x and shared it with all the guys in the shop. Thanks ahsin
No more cutting the race and cracking it with the air chisel for me
What a brilliantly simple idea.
Thanks for passing along this useful knowledge. I was able utilize the technique to while replacing a bearing on a Ford focus. No more brute strength and ignorance ! It's the Bee's knees...the cat's meow...the.... Well you get the gist .thanks .Very much appreciated !
Perfect timing 👍 will be doing this Saturday 😁Thanks
That is a great tip! It is especially interesting having the flammable towel besides 4 bottles of lubricant.
I saw this on tiktok and tried it, the trick is you gotta get it hot enough and spin it kinda quickly and it will work!!
A great tip thanks for showing us
A sign of genius is by the simplicity of the method by which the job is done. This is genius
Heat a wrench for the WIN!!!
I learned that years back to get a bearing off the input shaft of a standard transmission.
Works for a pinion gear bearing too. The possibilities are endless!!!
Thanks for pointing out another place to use the same principle.
I like everything you publish. Some of it I have already done it others I am happy to see how it's done. I have been twisting wrenches sense 1970.
Thanks for sharing Mr."O".
Holy cow. Never have I ever! I usually do a cut and a punch and crack it and it splits and slids off. I’ll have to try this!!!!!
Excellent, thanks for sharing, and kudos to Dustin for the original video.
Great video. I wish I would have known that before. I done a lot of bearing and never knew that I could have done that.
That is an awesome trick. I'm a professional mechanic on the grind; day in day out and it's these kind of tricks (not sure if "trick" is the right word, but whatever) that make my day and most importantly save me time. Thanks Eric O. and the unknown RUclipsr.
Thank You Eric. when you get an outer bearing race pressed into a housing like wheel hub you can weld the race and it will fall out like Eric heating the inner race. WUT was a great Eric keep up the videos
Big thanks for the tip. Gonna try this out this weekend.
I'm mad.
The only two wheel bearings I replaced had the race stuck on the hub. So I took an angle grinder and chisel to the race.
Now I find out I could have used the torch that was 10 feet away on both occasions and got it done in a tenth of the time?
Awesome tip! Keep 'em coming.
Awesome tip. Love your blue collar engineering where ever it came from.
Great tip Eric. Thanks for sharing 👍👍
Well I'll be damned... best trick I've seen for a long time. No torch? Try a Dremel thin cutting wheel and only cut about 1mm deep or so through the race. Lightly strike the grove with a chisel and it will snap, no heat. (See no torch?) It will move pretty easy after that. I had one break (ping) after grinding the grove while I was looking for my chisel! No fooey. I wouldn't fib on THIS site. Thanks for taking the time to show us.
Even without giving credit...That is a super great tip Eric O! ! ! ?
This happened to me while replacing the bearing in my car (I have very few tools)
I just started cutting the bearing race with a dremel at an angle. After you cut most of the way, the race splits and I just pulled it off with a screwdriver. Great if you don't have a good torch and a way to safely twirl the spindle.
Eric. You are a Genius
The timing of the torch blip and the camera change 👌🏻
Actually tried this after you mentioned it on your W.U.T video. I too did not leave room for it to fall all the way off but still worked well. Going to use this method from now on. Thanks for the tip Dr.O
Sweet Tip! I used to zip cut and cold chisel them off. Work smarter not Harder!
Ok that was just ridiculously cool.
I've been doing this stuff my whole life, but I never saw that before.
I am definitely trying that next time. I always slice them with a grinder and crack them loose with a chisel but that Is way quicker. Thanks for the tip.
Wow! I look forward to trying that method! Thanks!
What a great tip! After mangling many hubs, now I know the easy way to do it!!!
This tip changed my life , I have spent countless hours carefully grinding these off when you can't get the puller on them... unreal.
Great tip never to old to learn something new.
No idea why someone would give this a thumbs down. How could anyone not pass up a chance to get the torch out?
Thanks for the tip. Same thing applies for taking the Starter Gear off of a flywheel -- so I was shown a few decades ago - and almost any other 'shrink-fit" addendum.
Easy peasy!!!! Thanks for the tip, Eric!!! I've had an occasion or two where I've wondered if that would work. And there you are, it works. Next time I have a bearing race stuck like that I'll know what to do....
That is freaking awesome. I would have never guessed the race would pop off like that.. Thank you.
Theres honesty for you....Eric ensures there is no belief he invented this routine.....well done Eric.....
Love your videos man, I’m learning a whole lot and saving money along the way. keep up the good work
That beats attacking then with an angle grinder or heating them up with the torch and trying to split them with a cold chisel. Great tip.
Cool. I don't have an oxy-acetylene torch, just a little Benzomatic oxy-propane. Just removed the tapered roller cone from a shaft on my transmission planetary. Bearing was recessed so couldn't get a puller behind it. I snipped the cage to get the rollers off, the grabbed the lip end of the race with a clamshell bearing puller. The lip cracked off a bit but got first one off. The 2nd one, the lip broke 180 deg around, so nothing left to grab. I then used my 6-26 milling machine to cut the race off. Had to use a carbide end mill since regular HSS mills just chattered on the hard steel without cutting. Took a long time to clamp the part tight and setup so the mill could reach down past the shaft end. The race cracked before cutting all the way thru, then slid off easy.
Neat tip, had that happen to me a few times. This is why I like hub/bearing assemblies that are a bolt in unit.
Best 2 minutes i've spent in a long time
Usually if I swear at it loud and long enough, it'll fall right off, just like that ...
😂🤣😂
That's a GREAT tip, brother Eric!! 👍🍻
awsome video eric... short and sweet... first time I saw that trick.. I will use it now also.. .thanks.!!
That is cool. New use for the heat wrench.
Thanks for mentioning my video in the description. I'm glad it works for you!
Give credit where credit is due :)
Great Idea ! A torch , Mechanics best friend !
Good stuff, Thanks. Now I won't have to worry about blowing through with the torch. Congrats on 400k.
Very nice tip. Gives me some ideas for some other stuff I have to deal with.
I wish you would put out videos a little more often, you're my favorite sitcom.
You can probably do the same thing with an induction heater - I'll have to give that a try. Less 'exiting' to do it that way though!
Wow!! Even the Three Stooges shorts were 20 mins long! This is the official SMA teaser reel!!
Nyuck nyuck nyuck
ND fan here, like your style brother, those boys either make you work or take it away lol
It a good trick and used it a few times but a decent puller just as quick as long as can grip it enough .
The more tricks the better ... good job .
Perfect timing. Getting ready for this job this weekend.
I see some heavy leather welding gloves in your future.
I just did my wheel bearings-BUT I’m going to do them AGAIN! just to try that. Ok, I didn’t really just do them but I do need to do one so thx SMA! Reminds me of the tip your grandma taught you on fixing the exhaust pipe hanger...
Thanks for the share Eric. I wasn't 100% sure when you mentioned it before. That looks like the new method for sure.
dude, you never disappoint...toadally awesome. thermal expansion.
That sure makes it fast and easy. I've always put them in the press to remove the race. I will have to try that next time.
Whoa! Far OUT, Man! I like it!
you learn something everyday, thx for the Tip Eric !
And you burned to perfectly good sockets in the process. Great job.
Nice tip. Thanks. Great video as always.
Nice! I usually just throw a couple tack welds, or a short bead and quench ‘er. Pops right off, but this is definitely going in the repertoire. Thanks man
I can only give you two thumbs up........I only have two thumbs! Excellent as usual!
Technique is everything! Thanks for sharing Eric!
Only Eric would know of a quick way to remove this;
it sure beats grinding it off, and always grooving the hub doing so.
Thank You !
I had the same issue... I used a Drexel to cut a relief vertically on the race. Then used a chisel to crack the race completely. Only took a few mins.
Better than any tv show any day of the week