Outer race of sealed cartridge bearing stuck in hub

This is why you should never put off replacing your bearings, do it as soon as they begin to feel wobbly or they will fall apart when you knock them out.

Can't bang it out from the other side due to the long narrow hole in the hub - not even the thinnest flathead screwdriver is gonna get to that angle . So what's the solution?

can't you put the axle back in then bang it out the other way?

Please read the thread title properly.

You may need to try and bend the outer race inwards to see if it will break.

Please read the thread title properly.

Post a photo so people can can a better idea of your problem as genuine mistakes of advice will be made.

Post a photo so people can can a better idea of your problem as genuine mistakes of advice will be made.

Outer race of sealed cartridge bearing stuck in hub

Sorry but if that's not clear enough then wtf else do you want me to say?

The outer race from a sealed bearing is stuck in the hub. No offence but does that really not make sense?

Right I've got an expanding thingumybob and stuck that inside the race, then banged on that to get it out. Sorted

Glad it's sorted.

My advice was going to be pour boiling water on it - the hub should expand slightly more than the bearings, loosening them.

theres no bearings involved!!!

theres no bearings involved!!!

Sorry, would you have rather I'd said "the remains of the bearing housing unit?". I think that it was pretty clear what I meant, given that there is only one part that could have been stuck in the hub body.

:)

lol

http://www.trials-forum.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=139520
also has info.

Yup, about trials hubs. Different kettle of fish.

Can't see how a hammer and 'chizzle' is going to dislodge it... I wouldn't do that especially because they're steel and much harder than the aluminium hub which I'm pretty sure no-one wants to damage.

Could have always bent the shaft of the flat head driver near the tip to get a better angle - but you got it sorted anyways

all my screwdrivers are hard, they dont bend, they either flex or snap.

all my screwdrivers are hard, they dont bend, they either flex or snap.

that doesn't mean they are hard, it means they are brittle.

now we've got people bringing their own emoticons onto the forum?

fuck's sake.

In fairness I'm recycling pastry lover's.

I know, he is the fraud

that doesn't mean they are hard, it means they are brittle.

nah, theyre strong as fuck, not brittle. if you try to bend them they will flex but then return to their original straightness. none of them would ever snapp, unless you were daft enough to try and bend them past their flextastic limit.

they either flex or snap.

none of them would ever snap

And brittleness is a measure of the point at which something will catastrophically fail. A t-shirt is not brittle, bullet proof glass is, I can guess which the stronger of the two is.

no need for the facepalm, you selective-quoting fuckwit

it WOULD snap if you wanted to snap it, but it would require more force than you could exert on it

however it would not bend and stay bent like some shitty soft metal screwdriver

tbh though, carry on, i cant be fucked lol

wac