Just for ref later

[tosh23]

Im just wondering if it possible not to use the bearing puller..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=f8_4lpAFLqk

I know Neil has posted a fantastic roadside fix but this is the only video I have found throughout
YouTube in regards to disassemble and reassemble of the FD....Tosh

 

[MikeP]

Im just wondering if it possible not to use the bearing puller..

Yes. Use pry-bars or big ol' screw-drivers. The only real problem with this method is holding the hub securely enough to get leverage working. I put two wheel studs back into the hub and then into a vice (a workmate type thing should suffice).

With this method you'll have to raise the hub in the vice once the bearing is flush with the vice jaws but by then it will slip off quite easily.

Regarding the video: I've never found the need to heat the case when separating the two halves. Any "stiction" seems to be due to a build-up of crap in the recess between the two halves (where the O-ring goes) and the main seal doing what it's supposed to.

 

[Uncle Crumpet]

Im just wondering if it possible not to use the bearing puller..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=f8_4lpAFLqk

I know Neil has posted a fantastic roadside fix but this is the only video I have found throughout
YouTube in regards to disassemble and reassemble of the FD....Tosh

where is that bloody post, buggered if I can find it now????

 

[Pekkavee]

Im just wondering if it possible not to use the bearing puller..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=f8_4lpAFLqk

I know Neil has posted a fantastic roadside fix but this is the only video I have found throughout
YouTube in regards to disassemble and reassemble of the FD....Tosh

In that case you need some kind of wedges.

Pekka

 

[MattW]

Im just wondering if it possible not to use the bearing puller..

A bearing puller is pretty cheap.

At the roadside, you'd use whatever you had to hand but in the comfort of my garage I'd try to use something that made life easier.

Like Steptoe says, the main thing is to have the bearing and seal with you (oh, and a 7mm hex bit - not a usual size in most sets). You're rarely that far from a garage / workshop that could pull the bearing for you if it failed on the road. I carry a bearing / seal on long trips, it's my good luck talisman

where is that bloody post, buggered if I can find it now????

Here you go

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1660255

 

[tosh23]

well some interesting ideas, Looks like a bearing puller is on my wish list...Cheers guys..Tosh