Topic: ifs wheel bearing help

[83flyfishing]

Need some help driving out the bearings do I drive them towards the hub or the axle? Also anything common to drive out the races?

[Prismo]

Toward the outside. There is a lip that sticks out slightly on the back of the race. I use a brass bar after I start them carefully with a punch. Tap one side then the other (alternate) to keep it straight in the bore.

[Cheesemaker]

After pulling the hub bodies, the outer bearing should fall right out.  The inner bearing will need the seal pulled, in order for the inner bearing to come out.  Best thing to do at this point is to degrease the inner hub body.  Get it all clean so you can see the races and the backsides of them.  Then like Prismo said, use a punch to knock out the races.  There is two notches on the inside of where the race seats up against, these are to help remove them.  Then carefully tap in the new races with a brass drift punch.  And don't get in a hurry, cause the race won't go in straight if you get careless.  Need to be slow and steady and work your way around the race. 

Then pack your inner bearing and put it in place.  Then carefully install the seal.  Seen many guys forget the seal cause they get in a hurry.   

[tgmaul88]

in a pinch i have used the old races to pound the new ones in. no damage  but brass is your friend,  also a trick to get the bearing and seal off at once is to take the front bearing off and put on nut back on the spindle, then pull on the hub body  towards you from the spindle and everything will be off the hub body for bearings sake.

[83flyfishing [OP]]

Woke up this morning and the Toyota fairies took them out for me 

[OOPS]

Best to put the new races in the freezer for a couple of hours, overnight is better, makes the install a lot easier, same for the trunion bearing races.