From: "Errington, Allan R" To: Subject: [FJ55] Rear wheel bearing/seal replacement Reply-To: fj55@birfield.com Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 08:45:47 -0700 Hi guys, I'm new to the lister and would like to pose a first question. I have a 71= Pig with leaking rear axle seals. The shop manual shows a special (natura= lly) bearing puller. Can anyone suggest an alternative to the special Toyo= tool, perhaps a slide hammer? I assume the seal can be installed with a l= arge socket (2.75") in place of the special driver. Thanks, Al E From: Mark Whatley To: fj55@birfield.com Subject: Re: [FJ55] Rear wheel bearing/seal replacement Reply-To: fj55@birfield.com Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 08:49:58 -0800 Errington, Allan R wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -- Hi guys, I'm new to > the lister and would like to pose a first question. I have a 71 Pig > with leaking rear axle seals. The shop manual shows a special > (naturally) bearing puller. Can anyone suggest an alternative to the > special Toyo tool, perhaps a slide hammer? I assume the seal can be > installed with a large socket (2.75") in place of the special driver. > Thanks, Al E That axle bearing will resist a slide hammer for days. It is easy to yank the innder cage and rollers to pieces, but the outer race will just sit there. A trick I learned from the List and really like, is to weld a big fat bead with the MIG around the inside of the race once the guts are out. The tension from the bead as it cools will slightly shrink the race away from the housing and allow it to be removed in more normal slide hammer routine. Mark... Subject: RE: [FJ55] Rear wheel bearing/seal replacement From: "Errington, Allan R" To: Reply-To: fj55@birfield.com Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 11:08:36 -0700 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Whatley [mailto:cruiser@mtaonline.net] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 9:50 AM > That axle bearing will resist a slide hammer for days. It is easy to yank > the innder cage and rollers to pieces, but the outer race will just sit > there. A trick I learned from the List and really like, is to weld a big fat > bead with the MIG around the inside of the race once the guts are out. The > tension from the bead as it cools will slightly shrink the race away from the > housing and allow it to be removed in more normal slide hammer routine. > > > Mark... Thanks Mark, A fellow more clever than I figured that one out. It reminds me of the met= hod for removing clutch pilot bearings. That method is to stuff heavy grea= se behind the bearing via the shaft hole. Then, find a wooden dowel (such = a clutch alignment tool) and insert it into the shaft hole and strike it wi= th a hammer. The hydraulic pressure behind the bearing pops it right out. = Probably everyone but myself was already familiar with this technique, but= it impressed me. Al E