CHOP SHOP
Well-Known Member
Do you use a press to install bearings or use a hammer?
Tap in method, with hammer and drift punch.
That's for the races. The bearings I just drop in.
For bearings that are a press-fit application, I use a press; for those that are a slip-fit application....pretty self-explanitory...:redneck:
Hammer. I can "feel" when a bearing in in its home that way....
Hammer. I can "feel" when a bearing in in its home that way....
press for me. for all you hammer installers, go into your kitchen and set the bearings on your coffee makers heating pad, warm them up real good and they will expand a small amount and nearly drop right into place. then a quick beat down and ur done with less chance of chipping or cocking the bearing. ive fixed enough bad differential that had the bearings beat on that were slightly crooked and created a bur that cocked the beaings and destroyed the races. most of these appeared to bur right near the first part of the install and would have been avoided by preheating the bearing.
How is heating my wheel bearing races going to help me install them in the wheel hub?