Rear axle seal/bearing replacing... check it out.

First, I wonder if anybody still reads the regional AZ board or does everyone just go to BS and Classifieds. I used to check here all the time but tapatalk app messed up and forgot all my sites and it was a pain trying to fix/setup everything again.

ANYway...

Thought I'd share what I came up with to take care of these pressed on retainers and bearings while I redo my rear axle seals/bearings for the first time. Pretty sure I got some water in there recent too, but they were already bad.

Here was my solution.

I got a piece of caster mounting plate from our local metal supply, cut it in half. I then bought 2 m10x1.25 flange nuts and two half inch threaded rod adapters. I welded them together so that one end threads to the axle mounting studs. The other end threads into 2 x 5" long grade 8, 1/2" bolts that come through 2 x scrap 2" square tube pieces that stay above the press frame. The plate is just resting under the bolts but slid over under the tone ring for the abs. It pulled off easy after cutting off the retainer with a band saw. See more pics at the site.

The tensile strength of the 2 m10's or 1/2" grade 8 - the 12T press doesn't come near. What I worried about was the ma10 to 1/2" adapters and my welds, but they were fine. I had already cut off the most inward retainer and I had manipulated the snap ring out of it's groove towards the tone ring so it would come right off (that is a real pain while the abs ring is still there, but not impossible).

All worked like a charm and WAY cheaper than the long tube adapters sold online, and a lot less mass to store vs an old axle shaft or the Toyota SST.

https://goo.gl/photos/MmPkqBeVqT31jKYF9

The setup

Don't worry, I didn't cut into the axle at all, didn't even scuff it. I can't find now where the band saw blade must have touched/rode on the axle where it cut through the bearing all the way.


Should have added some washers...
Here you can see it pressed out and the tone ring and the bearing coming off in one press with one tool setup.


Lastly, check out the color of that bearing...

pretty sure that is rust, yes?