Front Wheel Hub Removal

OK Guys

I know I have touched on this before in another thread but at the weekend I decided the time had come to replace the two front wheel bearings and as far as I can see, pushing them out and in seems straight forward with the kit I purchased.

If you have done this job then you probably know that to do that you first have to remove the wheel hub from the inner face of the wheel bearing to get at the circlip securing the actual bearing before removal.

Since I can see no way of pushing the wheel hub out by mechanical means, I tried very hard to knock it out with a drift of appropriate size and club hammer.

It just didn't move. Am I just not hitting it hard enough or what?

Apart from going somewhere and getting it pressed out (which isn't an option for me) what do other people do??

Any help appreciated.

With a standard hammer ( 500g ) or similar you will not be able to take out the hub from the bearing.
Use some hammer with higher mass ( 2000g ).
With the low weight hammer you will not have enough impact moment.
It does not matter how hard you hit the hub, the mass does the job.

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Hi Jan Accord

Thanks for your reply.

I wish it were that easy, I was using a 2.5Kg club hammer but still no movement.

Guess I'll eat some more weetabix and give it another go at the weekend

Cheers

Try to use some hidraulic press but do it with feeling.
This work can be harder than it looks sometimes

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