technine

Can a hub be pressed into a wheel bearing safely with a bench vice? I don't see why it wouldn't because it would act just like a press, but sideways and has a lot of pressure. I hear of people who also just hammer it in, but I wouldn't do this.

Wheel bearing is for a 95 accord with hub over rotor.

khunt0012

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by technine &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Can a hub be pressed into a wheel bearing safely with a bench vice? I don't see why it wouldn't because it would act just like a press, but sideways and has a lot of pressure. I hear of people who also just hammer it in, but I wouldn't do this.

Wheel bearing is for a 95 accord with hub over rotor.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Not a good idea. Bring it to a shop and pay the 20$, you'll be thankful down the road.

TouringAccord

I agree, just take the parts to a machine shop.

You could probably press the bearing and hub together with a vise but how would you remove the inner race of the old bearing from the hub before pressing the bearing on?

khunt0012

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TouringAccord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I agree, just take the parts to a machine shop.

You could probably press the bearing and hub together with a vise but how would you remove the inner race of the old bearing from the hub before pressing the bearing on?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Torch + chisel and being very careful. I did it once and swore I would NEVER do it again. Only reason I did it like that to begin with was because it was a Sunday and we had to get it done for Monday, nothing was open and had no access to a hydaulic press. Had to replace the baering on my buddys car a couple month later.

Ross 2.0

If you can get to a die grinder you can cut the race thin and then just tap it with a chisel to avoid making a weak spot in the hub with the torch

iam7head

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MooGoCow3 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If you can get to a die grinder you can cut the race thin and then just tap it with a chisel to avoid making a weak spot in the hub with the torch</TD></TR></TABLE>

damn it ross, only if everyone can work the honda like you

until then, I'll bring that to the shop

technine

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TouringAccord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I agree, just take the parts to a machine shop.

You could probably press the bearing and hub together with a vise but how would you remove the inner race of the old bearing from the hub before pressing the bearing on?</TD></TR></TABLE>




Wouldn't one of these do the trick to press out the hub or maybe use a vice and a socket of appropriate size and press it out that way and press the hub in the new bearing with the vice?

technine

Anyone?

v4lu3s

I usually use a 12 ton rpess, the vice cant do anything close to that. THe vice works great for holding things still though.

technine

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by v4lu3s &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I usually use a 12 ton rpess, the vice cant do anything close to that. THe vice works great for holding things still though.</TD></TR></TABLE>

How much pressure do you need if people are pushing it back in with a hammer?

technine

or maybe this tool to press the hub out of the bearing and get the new bearing in the hub.

technine

I guess pressing the hub out of the bearing is out of the question if I don't have a vice. I just had it pressed out at a shop and the pressure it took to press it out destroyed the hub. Everything done now.