Thread: need a ghetto way to press wheel bearings?

Yo duh.. Theres a dude over here at St. Lucie battery and tire off of orange ave that will do both hubs for $40

i think im gonna end up going to the high school and have one of them pressed in. hope its the right one

You asked for ghetto way? Well this worked for me and took turbo abuse for a year until I sold the car and as far as I know it's still working fine.




Surprisingly it fit perfectly!

use a pipe to space the backside of it in the vice and use the old outer race of the bearing to press it in. DO NOT BEAT ON THEM! If you start to press it in and it goes a little cockeyed. Put some more pressure on it and tap the spindle itself, bearing will straighten right out.

I did what vadim did and just knocked my old one out with a 5 lb mallet, my wheel bearing fell apart so i had to take my time knocking the old outer race out. I used a socket to put on the edge and it worked perfect just working my way around the race tapping it out. New one in i used a block of wood until it was flush and then used a large flat tip on the outer race just gently tapping it until it was fully into the knuckle. Worked flawlessly. So far all the ones ive done have been as easy as that. Never too much hassle coming out and going back in. I put some grease on the outer race and inside the knuckle to help aid it going in easier.

Working great on the cars ive done soo far. No issues.

also heat if you have a good torch and you heat it up the spindle real good, it will come out and go in easy

Damn guy. That is pretty ghetto. I ended up goin to my old high school and did the job for both bearings. Even with the press it took me a while. I discovered I need quite a few more things replaced on my car. I'm drivin on an axle that fell apart on me earlier today? And I took off that horrible lookin dust shield off of Both sides

Lol

1) u need a ghetto way u gotta go to the hood sucka!
2) why don't u just get the whole knuckle at a junk yard, make sure the bearing is good and u b good with 30-40 dollars