What happens if you have a damaged wheel bearing?
The bearings won’t allow the wheel to turn freely, which exacerbates the problem. It also puts stress and strain on the hub, the CV joint, the axle, and the transmission.
How do you remove a wheel bearing from a car?
Unscrew the hub bolts and remove the old hub. The wheel bearing is inside the hub, which is usually held in place with several bolts that screw in from behind. These bolts can be tricky to reach because they’re tucked away in the undercarriage, so you may want to use a skinny socket wrench and/or a breaker bar to loosen and remove them.
How to remove CV axle seized into hub?
(New Jersey brine and PA salt did a number) I actually pulled the hub apart trying to push it out. Something you might want to try would be adding silikroil to your arsenel. Soak that thing down before you get to far into it like before you start to get all those tools out.
What’s the best way to change brake bearings?
You’ll probably need to use a wrench (and/or a hammer) to remove the end of the hub and any anti-lock brake wheel that may be part of your hub. Then, you may need to use a specialized “puller” tool to remove the central bolt. The bearing assembly should come apart easily.
(New Jersey brine and PA salt did a number) I actually pulled the hub apart trying to push it out. Something you might want to try would be adding silikroil to your arsenel. Soak that thing down before you get to far into it like before you start to get all those tools out.
What to do when your wheel bearing is stuck?
If the threads aren’t too screwed up on the axle yet, put the castle nut back on, but backwards so you don’t mushroom the end as much. Then go back and forth between beating on the puller and beating directly on the axle with your sledge. It’ll take time, but has always worked for me.
Can a hammer be used to remove a CV axle?
Please try again later. CV axle shaft splines may rust onto the wheel hub splines making it difficult to separate the two. Avoid hard hammer blows on the axle shaft for it may damage the axle shaft threads. The dimple or indent at the end of the shaft is designed for a punch tool to hammer the shaft out.
How to remove seized bearings from a shaft?
Clean up all the burrs and rough spots on the shaft.. Put a piece of .030 brass shim stock between set screws and shaft.. Anti-seize between bearing and shaft.. Should come apart just like it went together..