Bearing puller for utility trailer
Hi, I recently got a free 4x8 utility trailer. I pulled apart the bearings and the grease that is still there is red and black and some shades of brown. One has some chips of metal in the dust cap....
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You're thinking too much. A bearing race is a bearing race. It makes no difference if it's in a utility trailer or in a 1956 Chevy or a 44 foot 5th wheel. They all come out and go in the same.
I do it old school with a brass punch and the hub sitting nestled into a few 2x4's for clearance. But that doesn't mean you have to do it that way. If you want to use a puller by all means use a puller.
My only concern on some of the kits I see on Amazon is they just look like an installer kit with an addition of a slide hammer or screw puller. But many hubs use the same size bearings for inner and outer. So I can't imagine how you will get past the outer race to be able to hook onto the small lip of the inner race in order to pull it.
I do it old school with a brass punch and the hub sitting nestled into a few 2x4's for clearance. But that doesn't mean you have to do it that way. If you want to use a puller by all means use a puller.
My only concern on some of the kits I see on Amazon is they just look like an installer kit with an addition of a slide hammer or screw puller. But many hubs use the same size bearings for inner and outer. So I can't imagine how you will get past the outer race to be able to hook onto the small lip of the inner race in order to pull it.
