Remove Bearing Race From Hub The Smart Way! #Shorts

Yes, there are other tools to remove a pressed on bearing race from a hub or shaft. This is a cheap and easy way to remove the bearing race by cutting a slit in it and cracking it with a chisel. You can use an angle grinder with a big cut off wheel, but I prefer to use a Dremel with a cutting disc. It makes less noise and mess and there is less risk of damaging the hub. Every time I get a hub and someone else has done a bearing previously, it looks like someone went at it with an axe. I usually manage to leave no trace. Hope this helps someone!

[Garage]

Listen everyone: I've seen the South Main Auto video too! Yes, a torch works. 99% of home gamers do not have acetylene or even MAP gas on hand. This video is about CUTTING the race not HEATING the race. It is ONE method of MANY. It's smart versus using a full sized angle grinder and because the air trick saves your discs. Plus I prefer to avoid heating up large chunks of metal when possible. There are already plenty of comments about using heat. :)

[kevinmiller]

Thank you so much! After scratching my head for awhile I was using this exact method, but it was taking a time because I lacked the conviction that it was going to work. After watching your video I got the first race off about 10 minutes later, and the 2nd only took 7 minutes.

Also, the tip on cooling the cutting wheel was new to me. Thanks again!

[benjithebulldog]

People dont want to admit it. But the dremel is easily one if the best tools ever made

[fryreartechnology]

Been doing that trick for... omg I can't believe I'm about to say this over 20 years... I feel old af now😭. But never done that air part I'll be doing that next time for sure!!🥰 feeling old going to bed now lol😂

[treeguyable]

Love all the tips, I often forget this is new info to younger people. Been wrenching almost 50 yrs, we all had a first time for everything.

[rustyshakleford]

I've cut off probably four dozen races but I guess I'll watch the video Angle the cut! That's genius! Doesn't matter how many times I've done something watching somebody else do it is always worth it

[LarryTait]

Yes, this the best way to get them off. If you don’t have a dremel, the angle grinder works very well. Even if you nick the hub a tiny bit, there is no issue.

[integraGSR]

I've used this exact method doing wheel bearings.

Here's one for you to try next time- give the race a quick hit with a chisel to leave a mark, and then use a torch to get that spot of the race glowing, and immediately spray it with an upside-down can of air duster... Half the time, it'll crack on its own from the spray along the line where you hit it. If it doesn't split, another lick with the chisel in the same spot, and it'll fracture like glass.

If the race is really rusted in place and doesn't want to move after splitting, you can do the same thing on the other side of it, and spit it in half.

For inside bearings/valve seats (things that are pressed into a hole, basically), the easiest way is to use a TIG without filler to carefully weld a line around the center of the race; The weld cooling will pull the material in towards the weld and shrink the OD of the race/seat, and they'll literally fall out.

[srl]

Big thanks for this tip. I fought for hours trying to get the race off. Bought a rotary tool, some chisels and got it off in about 10 minutes.

[BJSmith-lluw]

You can cut the other side as well and the race will break in two so you won't have to drive it off.

[undaware]

I like using the 4 1/2 cutoff wheel because it heats up the race so it expands and comes off easier.

[marlobreding]

Take your stick welder and apply a bead of weld on the diameter of the race. It will practically fall off.

[JoeSmith-jpbk]

Or you could just cut two grooves horizontally and press it off with a press plate. That way you don't even risk scoring the axle

[cliffboltz]

If you have an arc welder, just strike an arc on the race. It drops right off.

[RM-ubxd]

Great tip but honestly the price of aftermarket hubs are so cheap on many websites you might as well buy a new one since it is something you may not need to touch again.

[kid]

I've been doing this same mrthod since the 90's.
Works everytime effortlessly...

[gregraycher]

I’ve done it this way before! Now I have the correct tool for pulling races.

[williamgrissom]

The outer wheel bearing spun in the hub of my 1969 Dart on a xcountry trip in 1986. The rollers fell out when I removed the axle nut. The inner cone was heat-welded to the spindle. A shop in northern MS heated the cone with an acetylene torch to bright red, then split it with a chisel while still glowing. The other mechanics said the older guy was the only one in the county who could do that. They had a junk Dart in the back they took a hub and drum from to get me back on the road in an hour. I later had to remove a bearing cup in a transmission, with no back slot to knock it out with a hammer. I chucked a carbide end mill in a hand drill and it cut into the hardened steel like butter until it cracked apart. Next time I'll try my Dremel wheel or an angle grinder w/ cutoff wheel.

[rcman]

Yeah I always use my grinder and I always cut into the hub I like your idea better I'm going to use that from now on I put a lot of burns on that Toyota mine thanks for the video

[MrChevelle]

this method is just fine for the home mechanic that wants to save a stack of money. yes even i use my torch and have 30k worth of tools to replace any part on cars. however if someone ask me if their was a cheaper way i would explain how to change the bearings using this method to avoid them spending their pay check on labor.

if i have the knowledge and experience on the particular repair. ill gladly tell a customer how to fix their car and wont charge them a cent.