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Hello

I am trying to remove the outer races from the front hubs of my TR4. I have been using a punch and a hammer to try to shift them but no far I haven't been able to get any of them to shift. Does anyone have any other methods I can use to get the outer races out? Is it worth applying some cold/heat?

Thanks for your help.

Myles
 
Are you sure there in there? Are you driving them from the middle out?
 
Are they rusty? Be sure you are going the right way. You may need a bigger hammer. I presume you do not intend to reuse the races. I've not had this problem on my TR6 and I don't know of any significant differences. (wear some safety glasses when you use the hammer)
 
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Clean the inside of the hub and look carefully. You may not have your punch against the race, since it's mostly covered by the flange inside the hub. If memory serves, there are two notches in the flange that expose the back side of the race.

IMO if they won't come out that way, then likely the hub is ruined anyway.
 
Myles:

Make sure you clean out all the grease and mess
from inside the hub. Real clean. Than take a paint
brush and apply several applications of liquid wrench
to the race. (interior and exterior) Let sit overnight

Here are photos and a very tight instructions how to
get the race out.

https://viewer.zoho.com/docs/cwZ5e

Randall is correct there are two notches inside the hub
that provide access to the top edge of the race. I took an
old screw driver and with my bench grinder, I fabricated
a punch to exactly fit the interior race access slot.

Give one access slot a good whack and then the opposite
side. Back and forth. No movement? Soak it some more in
liquid wrench. It will eventually move out.

best of luck - post a photo so we can see what you are working with.

dale
 
With those instructions my wife could do it. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
DNK said:
With those instructions my wife could do it. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
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I'm sure Tinster would be willing to give your wife a personal lesson....I here PR is nice this time of year!
 
Thanks for all your help with this one, pretty impressed with the link to the website, looks like Tinster's put a lot of time into that. Ended up using an old screwdriver to hammer the races out. Pretty easy in the end, the screwdriver worked a lot better than the punch. Paint is now drying on the hubs and the new races are in the freezer which I hope will aid installation...

Thanks for your help.

Myles
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:] and the new races are in the freezer which I hope will aid installation...[/QUOTE]

Tinster will be happy to show you some new uses for your oven too, if you have the time....
 
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