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**Action** · 06-13-2010, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by tpi

Does anyone use a puller tool with them? I pulled them apart with vice grips and dug them out with screwdriver. Do not attempt to drive them out with the bearing, you'll wreck the bearing. Ask me how I know

Use a socket on the end of an extension. I use a 3/4" socket (or so) and install it on a 9" 3/8 drive extension. The socket is inverted on the extnsion. Then I tap on the other end of the sxtension to drive out the seal. The other method I have used is a very long punch into the seal. However some one has decided that particular punch was something they needed more than me.

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tpi · 06-13-2010, 03:01 PM

So you pass the socket thru the bearing and apply the force directly to the seal? Thanks for the tip..

**Action** · 06-13-2010, 06:16 PM

Yes, with the hub off the vehicle and the outer bearing removed, use a socket that is smaller than the inside of the innner bearing. Drop the socket on a long extension (like 9") through the hub from the outer side. MAKE SURE it lands on the seal. To do this you may have to push the bearing up into the hub. Tap lightly on the other end of the extension. Recommend using 3/8 drive socket and extension.

It can also be done with the extension only which will always damage the seal. I have used the socket when I was out in the boonies and had to save the seal because I did not have a spare.

Just be careful not to tap on the innner bearing cage. It isn't that strong.

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tpi · 06-13-2010, 07:35 PM

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Just be careful not to tap on the innner bearing cage. It isn't that strong.

Yes I found this out the hard way, and at least my seals were very tough to punch out.

Appreciate your help. Should make this much easier in the future.

Gene · 06-13-2010, 07:58 PM

You can use a dowel or other piece of wood to punch out the seal. This is less likely to damage it. Constantly hitting the dowel with a rubber mallet while rotating the dowel around the seal works best.

Gene

tpi · 06-13-2010, 08:14 PM

Probably what I missed is moving the bearing as far away from the seal as possible. I let the bearing fall on the seal which didn't allow anything to get around it to knock out the seal.