Rear wheel bearing replacement, like a boss.
 

Just followed the guide on here to replace the rear wheel bearing without a press, but made one change that I thought would be worth sharing.

Instead of tapping the new bearing in with a hammer and using the old one to whack it in, I put the new bearing in the freezer overnight.

Then did this. Might be worth skipping to about 2:30.



I was expecting to have to put at least a bit of effort in. But this was quite a surprise. You could do this with the upright still in the car. Science, bitches.

For reference, the grease I wiped on is marine grade lithium, as it doesn't melt.

Anyway, hope this helps someone out.

Rick :party:

Old trick. Used to do this with crankbearings on my scooter. Put the bearings in the fridge overnight, heat up the crankcase in the oven for a while and everything drops right into place.

Why the hell would you grease the outer race?

To get the right sloppy "plop" sound when it drops in. :)

Lowering the chances of it getting stuck skewed half way can't hurt.

Freezing spray works as well, if you don't have a freezer in your trailer.

It was such a small amount of grease, it was barely a sheen. Just to help it go in, it won't affect it in any way. After a few minutes of it being in and the temps balanced out they were in nice and tight.

Grease? I'd use anti-seize instead...

Like a boss. :)

I've used a can of freon to do this in a pinch before. It's illegal and not cheap but works if your on a time constraint and don't have access to a press.

It's not normal grease, it has some sort of anti seize compound in it according to the tube. I wouldn't use normal grease - it would probably go crusty and bind up with the heat.

Blowtorching on a hand towel like a bauce.

A wee bit of time wasted on pulling bearing out of box and bag, a wee bit of time in applying anti-seize, too much localized heating for my taste. I just circle the torch around slightly slowing at thicker areas.

Overall awesome video. Wish I had the patience to video my work.

Thanks a bunch! Cool sh!t!

I've done mine the same way.

I have access to liquid nitrogen, lol.

^^ at the sperm bank - like a baus :rofl:

"While I'm dropping off my daily batch, can you drop these in the liquid nitrogen for me, I'm in hurry..."

interesting, saves you quite a bit of time with this trick.