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Re: Front wheel seal removal

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Subject: Re: Front wheel seal removal
From: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 20:28:18 -0800
Hee hee,
        Yes, Fred, you can pry the seal out from behind, or you can drift out
the bearing from the front!  Amazingly, if you're gentle, you CAN beat
on a bearing.  Personally, I use a wide-bladed screwdriver, get it in
behind the seal, and twist to pry the old seal out- often, they're
pretty stuck in there.  If you find that the bearing is bad, they're not
very expensive- a LOT cheaper than a new spindle.
        But how did the grease destroy your ROTOR?  The pad, I can see, but the
grease shouldn't have harmed the rotor???  Or did the pad come apart?
Toby

Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've got new rotors and seals ready to go into the front wheels. One of the
> existing seals blew grease all over my brakes, destroying the rotor disc
> and brake pads so my '66 pulls to the side when stopping.
> 
> So how do I pop those old seals out from behind the inner bearings, without
> damaging the bearings? If the bearings are in good shape, I'd rather not
> have to buy new ones. Do I pry the seal out from the back side of the
> rotor, or do I push it out from inside the front hub with a tool of some
> kind?
> 
> Fred - So.SF
> SF BADROC
> '66 2000

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