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HOW-TO: Capri Wheel Bearings
jiml:
--- Quote from: mitch1204 on January 10, 2015, 12:34:07 PM ---
It sure does look like you put the inner seal on backwards. :) Maybe it's the photos but look at #3 and #11 and compare.
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I completely agree!.... Not sure if there is any impact, as far as the bearings seating correctly, but will leak from both sides eventually
SomeENG:
The hub should come out of the knuckle fairly easily. If not a socket and a few gentle taps from a hammer from behind should free it
This is not the case. The hub is not coming out of the knuckle.
With the knuckle on the car, I put a socket on the rear of the hub and hammered it.
Nothing..
I got out the 2lb hammer and gave it a beating.
Nothing.... Wtf?
Even if I go get a press, how would I remove the hub from the knuckle?? The hub/rotor completely covers the knuckle.
I also attempted using a 5lb slide hammer with several washers, nothing...
I made a rig to remove the hub.
2x8 on its thin side, with the longest part of the knuckle resting on it
Two bricks topped with a piece of wood opposite, insert rod/3/8th ratchet handle where ball joint pin goes.
Hub should be facing down, rotor clearing the wood and bricks...
Put a socket on the hub..... AND SMASH THAT SUCKER WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER!!!!!!
https://ibb.co/yP4yXFB
SWEET RELEASE!!
I took the knuckle to a muffler shop to have the races welded out of the knuckles. $10 each
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jki2-P1cwo8
here's how I removed the old races from the hubs, Get the autozone bearing separator and two bolts that fit the threaded holes that hold the rotor on, about three inches long.
Thread the bolts into the hub with the bolt heads facing the race. put the bearing separator on over the bolts.
Then unthread the bolts and the separator will pull the old race off.
https://ibb.co/h8hgk3r
Rocketman:
Hello all. I have updated the first post with a link to a youtube video.
Eshepherd came to my shop with his knuckles, with his help we replaced his bearings and filmed the important parts of the process. This is a correct version of the process. Link to the video:
https://youtu.be/F8bqpZ_I_Jk
Feedback on the video is welcome.
EShepherd:
--- Quote from: Rocketman on April 05, 2023, 11:11:16 PM ---Hello all. I have updated the first post with a link to a youtube video.
Eshepherd came to my shop with his knuckles, with his help we replaced his bearings and filmed the important parts of the process. This is a correct version of the process. Link to the video:
https://youtu.be/F8bqpZ_I_Jk
Feedback on the video is welcome.
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Awesome
greywolf27030:
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Awesome
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What he said.
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