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Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:31 pm

How would you guys remove a stuck wheel bearing from a drum.
forgot to put racer in, and the bearing got stuck.

just give me some ideas, ive tried prying it out with no luck. :oops:

Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:10 pm

Can`t you tap it out from the other side?

Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:16 pm

i would but its on the car, hence my problem. it got tapped to hard into the drum, and now it wont come out. is there a certain lubricant that would help? or am i sol and need to break the drum, and if i need to break the drum would it break with a hammer?

Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:36 pm

You can use a three jaw puller to pull the drum off the spindle. I've had to do that before with a stuck bearing. Surprisingly, it popped right out after that.

Kyle

Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:41 pm

Do as kyle suggests or you can try something like a dent puller with a curve on the end.
Or get a long bar with a flat end, from the center of the bearing, pry up on the end that is not embedded but dont use the other side of the bearing as leverage, get a brick or somthing to use as a pivot point.
Break free works great, if you can find a can in your area
Yea, it should break, they are only sand cast.

Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:08 pm

thank you people, i think we will go with the gear puller idea. again thank you!

Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:53 pm

Uh, may be a stupid question, but did you back the brakes off? There is usually a wear pattern inside the drum which creates a ring along inner edge of drum. Properly adjusted brake shoes will NOT bypass this ring. May save you the hassle of finding a puller!!

Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:42 am

kyle_pc_75 wrote: You can use a three jaw puller to pull the drum off the spindle. I've had to do that before with a stuck bearing. Surprisingly, it popped right out after that.

Kyle

by the way, what size puller did u use? 4"?

Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:54 pm

by racer, I guessing Race, without the race, how can a bearing get stuck, there is a major gap without the race,, unless the new bear lodge inside the hub,,

if you saying you need to put in a new race and the old one is still in there, just turn the drum over, use a long punch even a lager screw driver.. with the tip feel around at the race ,, there's a lip. some drums even have a notch just some you can driver out the race,,

thei puller is a great idea, but will end up taking you 10x's the amount of time, if it even works.. That lips is maybe an 1/8" wide getting one of those pullers to grab that lip will be a real feat,

Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:02 pm

It was a 6" puller, took me about 5 minutes. You just have to keep the center "screw" perpindicular to the drum so the arms stay even, no problems slipping off, but I did wear safety glasses!

The others made good points, though. Check those things first...I hadn't even thought about the brake pad/drum lip.

Kyle