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zeker8
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-- 01-22-2010 @ 4:06 AM
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Anyone have a simple way to remove the carrier bearing race from the axle tube of my 37 tudor, there isn't much race showing from the backside. Thanks Zeke
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JM
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-- 01-22-2010 @ 4:47 AM
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I made a quick tool from a piece of rectangular bar stock that will fit up through the carrier bearing and sit on the small ledge of that bearing that is exposed inside the axle housing. This bar has a radius ground on both ends so that it fits against the backside of the bearing race with as much contact as possible. Then with the axle housing sitting vertical on my arbor press, with small end facing up, I insert an old axle shaft backwards down through the housing so that the threaded end is centered on the rectangular bar and press against the gear end of the axle. This brings the bearing race right out of the housing. I have also driven these races out with a long piece of bar stock that will go through the small end of the axle housing and contact the back edge of the race. Then you tap on the bar stock as you move it around on the bearing race and the race will come right out. Don't try to knock it completely out with one heavy blow at one location on the bearing race since this method could mess up the bearing bore fit up in the housing and prevent a new bearing from fitting properly. Good luck, have fun  JM
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advride
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-- 01-22-2010 @ 1:47 PM
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Get a large washer or piece of strap and mig weld it to the race in about four spots. This will shrink the race and you can now hit this piece you welded to the race with something long through the axle tube. If you have a race in a blind hole you can weld a nut to it and use a slide hammer to pull it out.
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