Re: Bearing Race Replacement Required. (archive)

Corey You need to get the races out of the hubs. I used the flat blade screwdriver tech. It worked fine. The to reinstall I use a 1 5/8" socket backwards for a flat surface and taped it in with a hammer. The races slide in really nicely. If you have it all together then great, if not I would spend the extra $30 and replace the new brearings with ones from Timken Bearings. I put in the set that came with the hubs (Mexico) and they did not last a day at a drivers school.
Good Luck K.C.

: So I, like everyone else, have just found out what a !@#$* it is to try and get the races out of the hubs. Called around, and since its sunday, everyone is closed. Finally called pep boys out of desperation, the tech there said:

: "We don't pull races"

: I said, "Huh?"

: He said that they never do it, they just put the bearings in on the old races. I said I had new races w/ the bearings, he said again, we never use them.

: Uh. I'm not so keen on that idea, as these 320 hubs were used parts. The races look fine, but...

: I'm off to go get a puller, but putting them back in seems like something I'm going to have to find someone w/ a press to do for me.

: Corey

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