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Re: HELP freeing stuck wheel bearing

To: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
Subject: Re: HELP freeing stuck wheel bearing
From: Roger Gibbs <rgibbs@pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 17:39:14 +0000
Chris Kantarjiev wrote:
> 
> Grind it off - do what you were trying to do with the hacksaw, but
> with a small grinding wheel. Messy, messy, but effective.
> 
> Did this on a Mazda Rx-2 that I'd driven 60 miles on a broken bearing...
> Oh, that was a long time ago.
I have done exactly this a few times using a die drinder and an abrasive 
cut-off disk.  Work carefully and don't cut into the knuckle with disk. 
As the cut is almost through, I have taken a small cold chisel and 
applied it to the gap created by the cutoff disk.  I position the chisel 
as if to spread the gap and to spin the bearing race on the shaft (I 
hope this is clear).  A few wacks and if that doesn't work I use the 
disk a bit more, a few wacks, more disk cutting, a few wacks until it 
comes free.

It is messy, but it works.

-Roger

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