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Trying to get ready for the trip to Carlisle, realized the right front wheel bearings were bad.   Got the following initial responses on the Carlisle event thread:

Danny:

You just need a hammer and a drift, and cut the old race to drive the new one in. No press needed.

El Frazoo

Bruce, Danny says it right.  Can be done in the garage. Carefully. Don't know about cutting the race.  Never had to do that.  I have a small collection of pipe sections and rods of different diameters that seem to be about right for knocking out races.  Tippy-tap-tap and out they come.

Dlearl476

Put the race in the freezer and the hub in the sun for about 1/2 hour (or heat lamp/gun). Coat the race with grease and work fast ant they'll almost push in. I generally use drifts to remove, but sockets and a ball peen to install.

ALB

I have a couple of old races (1 inner, 1 outer) in the tool box so I'm not beating directly on the new parts.  I seem to remember skimming their exteriors ever so slightly on the grinder so they're a loose fit and won't get stuck when you get the new ones seated properly.

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Here’s my situation.  The hub is disc brake.  According to John Muir’s description in his book ”How to Keep Your Volkswagen alive” this is the new type hub since “the inboard inner race does not stay on the axle like it does for the old type wheels.  Take the hub to the VW dealer and ask to have the old new-type races pressed out and new new-type races pressed in.  They have fixed it (we think , so far) so that it takes a special press tool to do this job.  Pay them and thank them nicely, then go home and start below where it says,  “All Models”.      HUH???

Many ways to remove a race, and they all require you to be careful to not f-up the inside of the disc.  If you have very stubborn/stuck race, and a welder,  you can stitch 1/2" to 1" of weld on the race inner surface 180 degrees apart and then let it cool.  The weld cools and shrinks the inner race and they fall out.  But tappy tap usually works fine.

I just had mine reviewed after I had new tires put on the car.  I'm assuming since the new tires are skinnier and taller, I was able to notice how bad the bearing was immediately after the new tires were installed.  We reviewed and yes, the passenger side bearing was cooked.  Thankfully I noticed this then, and not during the 750-mile rally along cliffside roads that I did almost immediately after.

We found that while the front bearing in my wheel was significantly greased up, it was really tightened into place...causing premature failure.

The Morgan 3-wheeler in front of me seized its input bearing on the rear (only) wheel during the rally traveling 80 mph.  Lucky for that driver, there was a large flat clearing immediately next to road where he skid off.

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