Was about to depart on a roadtrip today , anyway went to pump up tyre and noticed rear wheel bearings falling appart on one side. 

Ended up tieing the bike to the box trailer and using the car jack to lift the wheel. 

How the fuck do you remove the bearings ? I was going use a grinder and chisel to cut them out but is there an easier way ?

 

 

Thanks Kiwidave, i will get the welder out tomorrow and see what happens. I gather that is weld the inner part of the bearing for a inch or so ?

A press is the other way of removing bearings, sometimes I've used liquid nitrogen to shrink the racer then they just fall out.
If your not sure to it to the shop, let them have the hassle of removing and replacing the bearings.

just knock them out with a long drift or 3/8 drive extension you have late model one peace bearings so you don't have cups/race or need to weld anything to them
tap them out at 12 oclock then six then 12 then six from the opposite side and they will come out then knock them back in with a socket same size as the outside of
the bearings or use a press but you wont get it in one anless you have a big fucker due to the tyre being on have fun

 

 

Picture of wheel/ bearing as it came off bike , pretty rooted , not sure why either as it was not noisey.  But i did notice that the axle bolt and rear exhaust have been hitting each other causing the pipes to have a pea sized dent . I gather as the bearing has started to fail it has moved the axle nut slightly  further to the right causing them to touch , i need new fucken pipes now. 

 

I bought the tool.

Purchase a bearing puller then you wil be able to take them out yourself with out any problems, bearing puller kits have various sizes included to there is a big range of bearings you will be able to pull out, also if it is a blind bearing the kit will do the job.

Harley's have shit wheel bearings which need to be replaced often, had the rear wheel bearing fail on my Fatboy Lo

Replaced the bearings on my fat boy recently when I had a new tyre put on the rim.

Purchased mine from RockyMountain in the USA, 3 days and its on your doorstep, this company is great to deal with have ordered many things from this company with no problems

Our price: $89.99

http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/43/-/171/989/-/20342/Tusk-Bearing-Remover?term=wheel%20bearing%20puller

 

I have that same tool as well it is good but I find half the time you need to go back to what has been mentioned as the weight on the slide hammer is not
enough on the larger bearings but some times moves the bearing enough to go back to the old way hammer +drift  but don't think he would want to delay his road trip for 3 to 5 days

Thanks for replies. I couldn't get the mig welder to stick , weld looked good but just broke off ? I ended dropping the wheel of to a independent bike shop who charged me $60 (1/2 hour) to remove and install new bearings. Bike felt easier to roll around the shed after i put the wheel back on.

 Hi,

good result 92fatboy I reckon

thanks

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