[David Wartel]

Yup! I leveraged the gear puller with a wrench, heated the hub slightly with a torch and tapped the end with a mallet and it popped off.

Thanks! It's in the oven!

Now, do I leave the seals in the new bearing or not?

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Karl G. Mueller 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 9:57 PM
  Subject: Re: 


  Dave,

  Try a little heat with a torch while you have the tension from the puller
  on the drive washer. The aluminum drive washer will expand more with a 
  little heat then the steel shaft will. If that doesn't work, use the hammer 
  and the heat.  :-)

  Karl G. Mueller
  kgamueller at rogers.com

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: David Wartel 
    To: discussion at nsrca.org 
    Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 9:32 PM
    Subject: Re: 


    I hope you're joking! I just emailed a friend about this and he said, "take your time and think things through before you resort to a hammer." (!)

    Also: I'm using the Boca sealed SS bearing. What was the concensus regarding leaving/removing the seal(s)?

    Dave
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: george kennie 
      To: discussion at nsrca.org 
      Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 9:17 PM
      Subject: Re: 


      When it's good and tight, hit the end of the puller screw a good belt with a hammer! The abrupt shock will bust it free. 
      David Wartel wrote: 

        I'm replacing the bearing in a Webra 1.45. All of the "difficult" disassembly is done: the circlip, wrist pin etc., but I'm having trouble removing the prop drive hub. I'm assuming this is a press fit and am using a gear puller, but even tightening the tool as much as I can, the hub stays put. Is there a trick to removing it? Thanks, Dave
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