P38 front hub/ bearing removal link .

pwood999 said:

aah you want a pixelated hub !!

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Mcgill84 said:

Hi , I've searched and searched and keep coming up with a link that takes me nowhere...
I'm changing ,or attempting to remove bearing from hub ....anyone got a working link on how to remove bearing ?.. many thanks ....
By the way , the ring on left ,is that around edge of bearing ?

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myfirstl322 said:

I've never done it but you can weld a bead onto the races which shrink a little once cooled down, then easier to tap out.

New races into the freezer for an hour or two also aids fitment of new.

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Grrrrrr said:

You need a BIG press for that. Seem to recall Wammers saying it can take a 100 ton press to get the buggers out. You have to keep it absolutely straight too. Given a Timken bearing was £70 last time I looked that means 2 attempts and you're almost at the cost of a whole hub from that place in Birmingham.

I realise this isn't exactly an answer to your question but if it were me I'd just replace the whole hub.

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Datatek said:

I have not done the bearings on the P38, but on my Transit I cut the bearings out. New bearings in the freezer over night and the hub well warmed with a heat gun and the new bearings pressed in easily.

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myfirstl322 said:

Rears obvs, presuming Mk 6/7.

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Mark Piercy said:

The mk6/7 transit front bearings are a poor design... Bolted together with torx bolts through the disk and mixed with rust and long standing are a recipe for disaster... I did what started as one bearing for a client on the front of his camper.... Pfff the hub bolts were ruined with corrosion, two new hubs, bearings, carriers and disk with pads later.....

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myfirstl322 said:

Rears obvs, presuming Mk 6/7.

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Datatek said:

Fronts actually, Mk6 RWD

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myfirstl322 said:

I thought they were only available as a complete hub... maybe I dismissed doing just the bearing because of the poor state of the remaining 3 bolts and went for the new hub/bearing combo option, it was 3 years ago.

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myfirstl322 said:

I thought they were only available as a complete hub... maybe I dismissed doing just the bearing because of the poor state of the remaining 3 bolts and went for the new hub/bearing combo option, it was 3 years ago.

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