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How to change a wheel bearing with a 60 € press

All stages: hub removal, extraction of the bearing, new bearing refitting, hub refitting with the press

Use of a cheap 6 ton hydraulic press

Here is the 6 ton press that will be used

If you don't have an impact wrench, unscrew the nut with a long socket wrench when the wheel is on the ground

Place the hub on the press

Place a socket of diameter slightly lower than the bearing

Actuate the lever

Retrieve the socket

If you are lucky, the bearing will not remain on the hub

If you are unlucky, part of the bearing will remain on the hub

The bearing is removed

Adjust the height of the press

6 ton pressure is not enough to press the bearing out of the hub Strike with a sledgehammer to move the first millimetre

New locking point

Strike with the sledgehammer to move the bearing

Lubricate the hub

The new bearing was put at the freezer to facilitate its installation

Place the bearing in the axis of the hub

Press until the bearing stops on the circlip

Lubricate the inside of the bearing

Press until the hub is fully driven in the bearing

The hub is in place in the bearing

Refit the new hub nut supplied with the bearing without tightening to torque (torque tightening will be carried out wheel on the ground)

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