I made an adapter for my slide hammer to thread onto the cups stud and it
pulls right off every time. I don't see how packing the cup with grease will
replace packing the bearing, it needs to be pulled to pack it properly.
--
Tim Davis BN7
-------------- Original message from "Healey Bruce"
<healeybruce@roadrunner.com>: --------------
> Given that I've not packed a front wheel bearing since high school, I
> checked the service manual, which recommends repacking the grease cups every
> 6,000 miles. I then read that, on a disc wheel car (as mine was originally,
> and converted to wires with Dayton K-A series wheels, rather than
> replacement with wire wheel hubs) there is a special tool to remove the
> grease cups.
>
> So, is there some trick to getting the cups off without damaging them? I'm
> also assuming from the description in the manual that one does not pull the
> nuts and the bearings themselves for packing. Can someone provide the
> procedure for pulling the cups and packing the bearings?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bruce Steele
> 1960 BN7
> Brea, CA
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