Wheel bearing removal

I have a plastic Mityvac without the fancy gauge, probably 20+ years old by now and still going strong.
Bleeding cage or bike brakes always worked a treat :)
 
Back to wheel bearings. These may even work for the swingarm needle bearings:-

http://www.harborfreight.com/automotive-motorcycle/pullers/blind-hole-bearing-puller-95987.html

or

https://www.torpedo7.com.au/products/T7TO4N0BL/title/torpedo7-blind-bearing---bushing-remover-set
 
I used a rawlbolt anchor bolt, the one with the long exposed thread.
Welded on an adapter to fit my pals slidehammer.
Simple and cheap.

My wife has been telling me that for years.
 
laverdakeith said:
I weld all wheel bearings out, takes but a moment, bit of bar mig'd to the inner race then wallop from the other side. Gave up on rawlbolts and fancy extractors a long time ago.

Keith is right, weld or braze something to the inner race, then whack it out from behind.
Grease & seals will catch fire, so not recommended to do it in the kitchen. :D
Always works, costs nowt.

Steve

    Keith
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mcnicol said:
Drikko, did you sit the wheel on the butane camping stove for 20 minutes (lit  :-[) or so before taking the hammers and punches to it? Even if the grease catches fire it's no big deal, but it does make the bearing a hell of a lot easier to move. The Rawlbolt trick even gets a lot easier with the hub heated up enough to loosen the bearing. The MotionPro stuff is good but there's cheaper versions of the same thing, try Jegs, it wouldn't surprise me if Supercheap had a boxed set of these too. How many wheel bearings are you planning on taking out in your lifetime anyway?

Ken
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Kettle of boiling water...." You only need to blow the doors off"  for an Italian job  ;)
 
For under a fiver the Vizibleed one way valve from Halfords is the best brake bleeder I"ve come across,perfect for home garage use.
 
lemonjelly said:
For under a fiver the Vizibleed one way valve from Halfords is the best brake bleeder I"ve come across,perfect for home garage use.
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Fine if the lines are already full of fluid. Try getting fluid to the front calipers when the system is full of air, especially the splitter.
 
I've read about these problems before, however have never found an issue.
Have replaced brake lines twice on my bike and always was able to just pump fluid through. Put braided lines on recently when did a bare frame refresh and thought I'd have trouble (hadn't read about the probs previous time so didn't know any better ;)) but fluid went through system pretty quick & just used one of those cheap one way bleeders to make life easy.
Maybe because my bike has not been laid up for long, buggered if I know.
 
Haggis said:
Emtpy lines > Mitivac on the caliper AND slowly pump the lever at the same time. Never failed for me, or am I just lucky. Paul H.
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Nope... :D

Have used the Mityvac for years as well, allways worked fine.  Only fault is the small fluid container, barely large enough when doing all 3 discs.  Bought a generic vacuum bleeder recently.  Has a 1 litre container, no need to empty it in between and is nice and heavy so it doesn't topple over all the time when juggling around the bike.  Works just as well as the Mityvac, only a bit quicker, as long as the compressor is filled. :D

piet
 
Davo said:
Fine if the lines are already full of fluid. Try getting fluid to the front calipers when the system is full of air, especially the splitter.
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Emtpy lines > Mitivac on the caliper AND slowly pump the lever at the same time. Never failed for me, or am I just lucky. Paul H.
 
Haggis said:
Emtpy lines > Mitivac on the caliper AND slowly pump the lever at the same time. Never failed for me, or am I just lucky. Paul H.
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Agree. Mr Lemon was talking about using just a non-return valve attached to the bleed nipple.
 
For myself, I have never had any trouble with a  length of tube and a jam jar..Strawberry preferably :)

The only sucker I had trouble with was a BMW R100 rear Brembo where the caliper bleed nipple is not at the highest point. 

Bubble rise right ?

So after putting a bottle of fluid to it to no avail, the penny dropped and I took the caliper of it's mount and positioned it bleed nipple up and it bled in seconds.

Job done.

I do like to have decent tools but I don't like gadgetry for the sake of it. Where can we put it all ?

But that's me, We are all different.

Vive le difference :)

joe
 
Davo said:
Fine if the lines are already full of fluid. Try getting fluid to the front calipers when the system is full of air, especially the splitter.
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Worked fine on new lines too or am I just lucky?
 
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