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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Roadwheel wrote:
I borrowed a "rear axle bearing remover set" and a "2 or 3 jaw slide hammer puller" from an auto parts shop. Both use a slide hammer, which I also borrowed. One of the employees thought the rear axle bearing puller would work better, but the smallest size is a little too big to fit squarely behind the race. The 3 jaw puller fits, but when I tighten it, the tips of the hooks run into the inside of the hub before the jaws are snug against the race.
I don't have a dead blow hammer or a brass drift. I looked online and found a 3/8"x6" drift and a 1/2"x7". I think the hub is about 4.5" end to end. Is there a best size? Is a tapered drift better?
Skip trying to punch it out with a drift and find a socket or piece of steel pipe/tubing/etc that fits and use that. Even the right size piece of hardwood or maybe normal lumber depending how tight it is. And if you were punching it out using a punch, there’s no real issue using a steel punch. Worst case you scratch or ding the bore of the hub. Clean off the high spots if any and slap a new race in it.
