Peteinjp

I have 2 sets of front wheel carriers and both have new bearings. If I install the front hubs in one set will I be able to remove them later and transfer them to the other set and still have/leave usable the bearings in the first set?

Best,

Pete

koenig_roland

No, i do not think so... I use a 15to press for such things and to not see a possibility to fit a tooling or something in a kind, that the bearings will be fine after removing the hub. If i remember correctly, when removing the hubs from the wheel carriers from my two 964, the inner part of the bearing usually split and one part remained at the hub, i had to remove with a puller afterwards...

Peteinjp

Thats what I thought. I did have that issue on the rear but was re-fitting the same hub and was able to pop the race and seal back into place.

I even considered the possibility of removing the bearing with the hub and translating them bot to a different carrier...

P

Goughary

In theory, it's possible...

Basically if you were able to support the opposite side of the inner bearing race, you could then press the spindle out.

This would never work with an old bearing as it would require way too much force. But with freshly installed bearing, not much force is required so you could fashion some sort of tool to press against- all that would cost more than new bearings!

koenig_roland

yes. but how to support the opposite side of the inner bearing? I recon there is not enough space for anything strong enough to slide in there...

cobalt

I have done it before using a 20 ton press and a bearing puller to support the bearing. It is a bit tricky but can be done and requires the ability to support the upright properly which will require some large pieces of metal.

Peteinjp

Thanks guys. Almost sounds like it might be easier to pull the bearing with the hub and just move that as an assembly over to another carrier!

Considering my options.

​​​​​​​Pete

Spyerx

It's one of those things where you might get lucky if you have the right tooling, but the time / cost to just replace it you're better off just replacing it. Plus while in there, and it's a wear element.

cobalt

I just did it on my GT4 with 3k original miles. Switched to double sheer front uprights and club sport brakes. Saved me $300 in bearings but cost me $300 in time i had to spend.



Huge handling improvement over stock and brakes that do not fade. If the bearing is good it is worth a try. You can always replace at $80 each if it doesn’t work.

Peteinjp

The bearings are all new and I will probably use them for a season and then change out the uprights- so that is the reason I want to save them. I may just give it a try and see how it goes. In my case I done have a press or any of the tools needed to change them- but buying that stuff is inevitable anyway. Just hate to waste a good bearing.

Pete