Stuck Bearing.

[chrisio]

OK, I knaffed up and now Im stuck, I am replacing the bearings in my rear wheel and 1 side is in ok along with the spacer tube, but its the other side that is causing me problems, Its a recessed bearing and I needed a drift to seat it in fully and the only thing that I had that fitted was the old bearing which I successfully used as a drift - but then I realised what I did and have now jammed that bearing HARD against the new bearing which is seated fully in place.

In my attempts at removing said bearing I have managed to remove the inner race and balls but the outer race is stuck fast and nothing I seem to do will shift it.

I have tried dremmle it but the bearing just laughed at it. My normal grinder made mince meat of the inner race but I darent use it on the outer race as I may kill the wheel...

Any suggestions....

Cheers
Chris (who feels a fool!)

[cloric_tzr]

[dodgydog]

as an alternative to heating the wheel, you could try freezing the bearing race. Get some plumbers freeze spray (wickes sell it) it's easier to concentrate the spray, I used to use it a lot to put bearings in.

Dog
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[Pete.]

Have you got a welder? Run a bead of weld around the inside of the race and when it cools it will fall out. Put a disc of something non-weldable like ally or brass in there to protect the new bearing.
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[chrisio]

I have tried the freeze spray and that didnt work - the problem is I cant get any purchase on it and I cant get behind it because of its hard against the new bearing which is hard against the seat and the spreader tube.

Think welding a bead around it might be my best bet but Im worried about distroying the new powdercoating!!!!

Rollocks

[Pete.]

[TUG]

You need 2 things, heat, lots off it, and WD-40 or some kind of penetration oil.
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[dodgydog]

[Bikeless]

For the cost of a new bearing i would drift the new and old bearing out together and fit a new one properly.

[steven_191]

[dodgydog]

[chris-red]

Next time drift it in with a socket
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