home made wheel bearing press

[beechymonza]

Yes always remember FULL P.P.E 

[dan_apps]

yes get a garage to do it if fronts, aint no point in losing an eye to save a few quid! and trust me your fingers will thank you for it too!

[Sam]

Just dont take a hammer to the bearing without personal protective equipment.  :embarassed:

A Box? 

[Mr Blue]

better than losing an eye . i was standing quite far from the hammering and a piece of the bearing hit me near the eye.


Lots of blood 

[Sam]

better than losing an eye . i was standing quite far from the hammering and a piece of the bearing hit me near the eye.


Lots of blood 

Pics or it never happend!

[Ben Lessani]

better than losing an eye . i was standing quite far from the hammering and a piece of the bearing hit me near the eye.


Lots of blood 

Almost happened to me knocking part of the old race off the front hub, but I was wearing goggles

[Nige]

I made one. From parking the car to driving away, I can change a wheel bearing in 45 minutes. No need to remove the struts, suspension geometry is unchanged. If I ever need to change a bearing whilst on a trackday, I can do so and lose less than an hour 

I mount the brackets etc to the hub on the car, pull out the old bearing and push in the new one


Pressing new flange into place


New wheel bearing and flange, fitted in situ B)


The `thing`

[Ben Lessani]

Lol, that's a neat little tool. I wouldn't have thought you could get the driveshaft out the hub without unbolting either the bottom ball joint or strut though?

[Nige]

You are quite right, it needs the bottom BJ popping out of the hub. However, thats one bolts and so long as you don`t touch the 3 bolts holding the BJ to the wishbone, the geometry is unchanged

[AudiA8Quattro]

I like that tool.
Maybe you should make and sell them?