Carrier road wheel bearing

[Dale Jordan]

Can some - one give me some tips on removing road wheel bearings . This will be a first for me . In the second photo it looks like in three places it's been peened over with a punch on the edge to stop the seal coming out . Dale

[Andrew Rowe]

The areas that have been peened over is because the seal housing is loose on the wheel hub. Just knock out bearings with reasonable size hammer and drift.
Knock one side , pushing the spacer in the middle to the side , so contact can be made on the bearing edge. Those peened over areas will disappear.
Once bearing drops out just repeat exercise on other bearing.
Cheers

[Dale Jordan]

One more question am I hitting the outside of the back of the bearing where it's up against the hub or the centre part of the bearing as there is not much room to get the drift passed the centre spacer . Dale

[Andrew Rowe]

It's what ever works, sometimes a smaller drift can get past the spacer. It's not ideal hitting bearings in and out , but you have to extract at least one side this way. Cheers.

[colin jones]

Hey Dale, I have always hit the centre part of the bearing on the first one and never had a problem yet. You just don't need to beat the hell out of it, just side to side with a reasonable size drift and out they come. Don't worry about the peened seal washer as it will come straight first.
Colin.

[Rob Dyba]

hi Dale, Best practice is to drive the bearings in and out on the outter race in any normal installation. Applying impact to the inner race during removal or installation will normally reduce bearing life. Carrier bearings are big, and they are also limited use items, so if you don't have a drift to get to the outside race, GENTLY tap the inner if you have to. The damage will take YEARS to show up....Also on re-assembly, DO NOT use impact tools- tighten and tention by hand. Rattle guns will kill your bearings, even if you don't tighten it up fully- the jarring will briuse the hardening, and in a high speed application such as a wheel bearing or gearbox bearing, a failure will result...... a fact that my mechanics seem to forget at times, usually with the end result a new bearing needed 12 months later, all to save 2 minutes work.

Rob