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Does anyone have any tips/tricks on how to remove the rear wheel bearings out of my Talon hub (if it matters, I have the Talon carbon hub). I was able to remove the front wheel bearings just fine...had to move bearings together in one direction in order to create some "slop" in the axle tube, at which point I could get an edge onto the axle tube and pound out the far side bearing which then allowed me to gain access to the other bearing....any of that make sense haha? Anways, I am now wanting to remove the rear wheel bearings and the same method doesn't seem to be working, I can't get everything to kind of move together like I did on the front.....any ideas/tips/tricks?
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
1) Get a socket that is small enough to just fit inside the bearings (use the new ones to verify), but big enough to contact the spacer. That way when you bang on it, you're only moving the one bearing.
2) Get out the Dremel and grind out one of the actual ball bearings on one side. Once one of them is ground away, you can remove the bearing cage, move all the bearings to one side of the inner race, and then create the room to remove the rest of them. Pulling the inner race is easy, and the outer race can be removed with a blind hole bearing puller.
3) Have them pressed out, preferably with method 1 so the hub isn't stressed.
General notes:
Make sure the wheel is properly supported; not on the sprocket or disk, but on the spokes. A 5 gallon bucket, or even better a box made of 2x4's works well (the bucket flexes and reduces your impact effectiveness). If there's enough room to knock out the spacer with the hub on the workbench, that works too. Many of the Talon hubs seem to have bearing spacers that extend the entire width of the hub, not allowing them to be simply laid flat on the workbench.
Many bikes have 2 bearings on the sprocket side. This makes is better to knock/grind out the brake side first. If knocking the bearing out, make sure that the ID of the hub isn't smaller than the OD of the replacement bearing (meaning the bearings would all have to be loaded from the sprocket side).
Use heat on the hub outside the outer race. This will cause the hub to expand, making your job easier. If you have access to dry ice (many supermarkets have it), you can put the dry ice all over the bearing, heat up the hub, and then quickly flip it over and use method A to pop it right out.
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