Front wheel bearings

shotgunjoe

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These suckers will not come out! I have searched. I have damaged a bunch of tools trying to prize them out. I have tried a slide hammer. Tried beating them to death. Tried pushing the spacer in the center. They haven't even move a thousandth of an inch.

What is the last ditch fuck it way of getting these sons of flippin heck to come out?
 
Try spraying some PB blaster or penetrate and let it sit over night. Sometimes taking a break helps before you break something else.
 
If you have a electric heat gun. A torch may be so hot you might melt the alloy but the heat gun won't.
Try heating the hub around the bearings. The alloy will expand quicker than the steel. This might break any corrosion between the bearing and hub.
Another thing you can try is once hot squirt on some penetrating fluid. Best every is a 50/50 mix of Acetone and most any ATF.
If sprayed on when hot it cools the parts. As the parts cool it helps draw the fluid in where you want it.
Leo
 
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