So the wife and I decided to go to ArkanSTOC and prior to leaving I made the decision to replace both tires and the rear wheel bearings when I got back. So I ordered what I needed and a bearing removal tool. So yesterday I got the wheel off and decided to replace the bearings on the rear before I mounted the tire.
The drive side came out fine but the left side (rotor side) did not. Everything seemed fine but when I gave the bearing tool a whack to pop the bearing out the bearing came out in pieces. The inner race shattered, the bearing cage was in tacked. This left the outer bearing race in the hub. Oh crap not a good thing. After a cup of coffee I got the dremel tool out with a small cut off wheel and cut a slot in the race and finally got it out.
The bearing did not seem like it was bad but I have nearly 70k on the bike an thought it might be a good time since everything was a part. After a night of thinking if the bearing was bad or did I break the bearing with the removal tool. Seems unlikely but one never knows. So I dug the drive side bearing out of the trash and tried to fracture the inner race with the removal tool. Nope that is not happening.
So has this happened to anyone else and if so was the bearing bad or did the tool break the race?
The drive side came out fine but the left side (rotor side) did not. Everything seemed fine but when I gave the bearing tool a whack to pop the bearing out the bearing came out in pieces. The inner race shattered, the bearing cage was in tacked. This left the outer bearing race in the hub. Oh crap not a good thing. After a cup of coffee I got the dremel tool out with a small cut off wheel and cut a slot in the race and finally got it out.
The bearing did not seem like it was bad but I have nearly 70k on the bike an thought it might be a good time since everything was a part. After a night of thinking if the bearing was bad or did I break the bearing with the removal tool. Seems unlikely but one never knows. So I dug the drive side bearing out of the trash and tried to fracture the inner race with the removal tool. Nope that is not happening.
So has this happened to anyone else and if so was the bearing bad or did the tool break the race?
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