A friend of mine has a 67 Chevelle and is trying to install new axles. The previous axles had off set bearings / axle savers. He is having a problem removing the old race from the housing. He has the correct puller and has tried heating the housing. He mentioned that one of the problems is that the bearing race is only 1/8” thick where a normal race is about ¼” thick. Any idea’s?

Thanks,
Bubba


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He's on the right track - lots of heat on the housing (not red which may ruin the steel's characteristics) and try ice in the race immediately before using the puller.
The only other tricks I know : run a bead of weld inside the bearing shell (after the rollers are bludgeoned out) - only on the bearing - don't touch the housing. This will shrink the bearing race enough to loosen it.
Or; cut 90% through the bearing shell with a dremel tool - then pull it. Don't cut the housing.

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I use a piece of steel that goes all the way thru the housing and drive the bearing/race out from the other side.

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The weld bead trick works great, and is successful 99.9% of the time. Cutting it with a die grinder will work also, but be careful not to cut into the housing as previously mentioned.

Did the die grinder / Dremel trick on my '92 Roadmaster a while back - worked great. Just stuff a few rags into the axle tube to keep the chips and grindings from getting into the housing.

I've done the weld bead trick about half a dozen times since someone from Team Chevelle recommended it to me a couple of years ago. It works great!

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All that welding and die grinder stuff works great if you have a welder or air compressor, but the steel rod requires none of that stuff.

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by chev64:
All that welding and die grinder stuff works great if you have a welder or air compressor, but the steel rod requires none of that stuff.

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You're right about that, and you can get one pretty cheap at just about any home center or hardware store.