Am thinking of changing my rear wheel bearings on the Indy and before I undertake it thought it would be a good idea to ask if it's fairly easy to do?

Just wondered what is involved and how long it will take?

thanks,
Rich.

hi rich

the only thing you may find when changing the bearings is the outer race housing becomes siezed in the cast housing
this can be freed off by running a line of weld in the inside of the outer race itself then they just drop out

hope that helps

best regards

marc

Apart from getting the damned hub nuts undone (sierra rear end i assume), it should be a relatively simple job.

David

i did mine at the weekend with the bead of weld trick (thanks marc ) worked a treat. problem i now have is getting the new ones in as i chucked the old bearings so don't have them to use as a drift. will try the oven/freezer to see if that helps a bit.

Ned.

Bead of weld is fine, only problem is that I guess you need a welder and I don't have one!!!!

you can knock them out, but they are quite tight! maybe a small blow torch might get them hot enough? otherwise you're welcome to bring them all the way to guildford and i'll get them out in about 3 mins

Ned.

I seem to remember when I fitted them that they fell out at some point (not sure whether they should have!!), assuming I get them out ok how do I get the new ones in?

Rich.

as said i'm gonna try putting the hubs in the oven and the bearing outer race in the freezer to see if the expansion/contraction will help me get them in a bit easier..

will let you know how i get on

ok cheers ned.

Has anyone else experienced the actual bearings falling out when fitting the hub etc.

Can't remember too much as I did them a while ago but I just put them back in fitted it all together!

Rich.

i used a strong metal rod and a hammer to get the outer races out, you can JUST get enough purchase on the inner lip. (be careful not to hit the upright tho)

new ones i got from halfords special offer, a tenner a side as they are on special discount (hwb390)

to put new ones in i tried a bit of a trick learned off american chopper. heat the uprights and stick the new outer races in the freezer for a bit. i dont think it did much though

i used the old outer's as a drift to whack the new ones in.

(edit) this was for sierra uprights, im not sure if the indy uses the same..

[Edited on 6/6/05 by Dillinger1977]

Did mine couple of weeks ago, got the outers out with a punch and hammer from the back, took a while but eventually they dropped out.

New ones in using old outer race as drift

Mine came out easily with a bearing punch. Went in even easier using my mates 50T hydraulic press!!

don't forget one side is left hand thread the other side is right hand thread if memory serves me right right hand side of car is normal thread left hand side is opposite it's so the nut always tries to tighten itself in normal wheel rotation
tony

Just got a full car set of bearings from Halfrauds, £39.98 :-)

Went back next day to get a mate one front bearing and they needed to order it in because i had cleared them out the previous day, £47 to order each !! OUCH

Here's a piccy of how i removed my rear hubnuts, Geoff Wilkin told me about this idea and they both came off a treat ( Thanks Geoff) and all you need is a 4ft pole welded to an old brake disc, bolt the disc on and hey presto !!
Rescued attachment Hub Remov.JPG

love the workbench

Me no weldinator either.
Just usual hand tools, vice, oven and freezer.
Got my bearings off e-bay about a tenner.
Col

i paid £53 for my bearings for the rear end! halfords had them cheaper but having just moved the store around no one knew where they were

did the oven/freezer trick last night which helped a little (prob negligible as nothing to compare it to) then drove the outer races in with a large/wide straight slot screwdriver. scuffed the edges of the bearings slightly, but the surface the roller bearings run on is fine...

Ned.

ps good thing about the partco kit i ended up with was that they aren't handed as they supply 2 hub bolts (one with l/h thread) with each bearing. So I now have a spare set of hub bolts!

[Edited on 7/6/05 by ned]

i'm heartbroken not that i really needed them but tried 3 halfords in my area and some-one was 10 minutes ahead of me cleared them out completely...I think you mean nuts ned ... thats industry std with left and right hand threads it's cheaper to put 2 nuts in a box rather than produce a specific box, computer reference etc
tony

Tony,

I agree and yes i mean nuts but A R E one of my other local motor factors where i went first and was gob smacked when they said £39 + vat per side do them as handed kits! need to make sure you get he right ones then

Ned.