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Jun 17, 2020 | 03:09 PM

dustinnicholson215

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Stuck Inner Race

Good afternoon, everyone. I have a 1992 F150 4x4 with autolocking hubs. A while back, while driving at about 80 mph on the interstate, my front driver side wheel bearing went out. I towed it home, and removed the hub as well as the locking nuts to prepare to pull everything off of the spindle to replace the bearings. Unfortunately the inner race was stuck on the spindle making it impossible to pull the rotor/hub tube off. With the way the design is, I was unable to fit a puller inside the tube to pull the race. I’ve tried to loosen it with a punch and a mallet as well as smacking the inside of the rotor (yes I’m going to replace it anyways while I’m in there), but with no success. I can’t get a torch inside the tube to apply heat with any sort of accuracy. I was wondering if any of you more mechanically inclined individuals might have some suggestions. Thanks in advance for your time.

Jun 17, 2020 | 08:37 PM

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Unfortunately the inner race was stuck on the spindle making it impossible to pull the rotor/hub tube off. With the way the design is, I was unable to fit a puller inside the tube to pull the race.

Not impossible. Just more difficult. Grab the rotor and pull to overcome the friction holding the grease seal in the hub. Once you have the rotor off you can very carefully use a Dremel or cutoff wheel to cut the bearing off the spindle.