NEED HELP PLEASE!!...(front wheel bearings) - ATVConnection.com ATV Enthusiast Community

00polarbear · #1 (**permalink**) 10-12-2009, 05:56 PM

can any one help with any tips or tricks to getting out front wheel bearings in the hub on a 2000 polaris scrambler 400 2X4....... i figure there is probly a tool to use? would a heat gun help? but hoping theres a way around that. any advice on this would be greatly appreciated
Thanks, Shaun

00polarbear · #2 (**permalink**) 10-12-2009, 06:18 PM

someone on here told me for ball joints to heat the housin and freeze the ball joint to get them togther... worked great. can you do that with bearings too?????

KQ400Pilot · #3 (**permalink**) 10-12-2009, 09:16 PM

I think you need a bearing puller. Check out the Tusk Blind Hole Bearing Remover Part# 1219080001 at Rocky Mountain ATV.

I purchased one recently, and wouldn't do another wheel bearing swap without it--really makes the job quick and easy.

RMAtv has a You Tube video of the tool in operation. A link to the video is provided at the RMAtv ad for the remover, or you can access it from the RMAtv service videos on their home page.

00polarbear · #4 (**permalink**) 10-13-2009, 11:35 AM

well i went ahead and did the heat gun trick.... in to much of a rush to wait on a tool

just heated the wheel hub and beat the bearing out from the back side of it and they came right out. put the bearings in the freezer for awhile and heated the hub back up a little bit and the bearings droped right in.... it worked out really well! and saved my self a lil cash from buyin the tool

switzomatic · #5 (**permalink**) 10-13-2009, 02:13 PM

Save the old bearings to use for your next replacement. I grind down the race a bit all the way around and then use them to pop the old one's out with my hydraulic press. Works really well.

1990yj · #6 (**permalink**) 10-13-2009, 09:18 PM

I have always used a press of some sort. In my work shop I usually just use the vise. If its something bigger than I will go somewhere and use their press.