In my opinion, using a copper/hide hammer AND a bit of wood makes it much harder work; too much shock absorption going on. I often use a club hammer with wood to cushion the blow and haven't broken anything with that set up yet (unless I miss or forget the wood). The copper/hide should tap the bearing on just fine without the wood and won't damage anything in the process. But hey I could be wrong and better safe than sorry. I've hit less sturdy things into place with bare metal hammers and heavy bits of pipe and whatnot, you just need to know the line between impact driving and smashing!
yep, did it the same way yesterday. I saw a method where you use 5x M17 bolts and nuts to press the bearing off. tried it. result? 5 knackered M17 bolts. sometimes the grinder is the only way. For anyone watching, the hub nut needs to be tourqued to 420NM which is twice what a big 1/2" tourque wrench can do, so you'll need a Loooong bar. The bearing is known as a pre-loaded casette. Give me a renault 4 please.
I’ve seen someone pull the old bearing off with a flat bar behind it but it still took as long as a grinder to do and doesn’t guarantee success! Yes those hub nuts are a pain to get off as much they’re are to get tight enough.
You said happy to help here goes! There’s a million and 1 jobs for me to do on mine. Just 1 I need help with. I suspected it was a front passenger side wheel bearing fail approx 5 years ago, had that replaced, but still continued to make a noise, can hear it at very low speeds, like first gear is probably the worst coming from front passenger side, like a noise everytime there’s a revolution. Like a wow-wow-wow-wow-wow. Any ideas? The faster and faster I go it is still there but the noise seems to fade into the background.
Hi, ok so is your transit FWD or RWD? The FWD transits have an intermediate bearing on the drive shaft which can give you the noise you’re experiencing. Failing that it could be a faulty bearing, worn brake disc or noisy gearbox. First thing to do is get it jacked up and see if you have any play in the wheel bearing and then the service life of your brakes and keep working back untill you discover the noise! Always here to help so if you need more guidance drop a comment. Cheers 👏
Yep done that a few times. Usually when I’m doing these bearings the vans need to be in and out of the workshop ASAP so the freezer doesn’t really have enough time
Thank you, but it would have been better if someone was a little technical and you would have reported it. Because of the hammer in the clear hand، you're so new.
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Another spot on vid .Thank you for sorting my day out 😊 I am sure I will be back cheers.
No problem at all! Thanks for taking the time to comment!
That was a useful video young man. Thanks for taking the time to do the video!
Not a problem, thanks for you watching and taking the time to comment.
In my opinion, using a copper/hide hammer AND a bit of wood makes it much harder work; too much shock absorption going on. I often use a club hammer with wood to cushion the blow and haven't broken anything with that set up yet (unless I miss or forget the wood). The copper/hide should tap the bearing on just fine without the wood and won't damage anything in the process. But hey I could be wrong and better safe than sorry. I've hit less sturdy things into place with bare metal hammers and heavy bits of pipe and whatnot, you just need to know the line between impact driving and smashing!
yep, did it the same way yesterday. I saw a method where you use 5x M17 bolts and nuts to press the bearing off. tried it. result? 5 knackered M17 bolts. sometimes the grinder is the only way. For anyone watching, the hub nut needs to be tourqued to 420NM which is twice what a big 1/2" tourque wrench can do, so you'll need a Loooong bar. The bearing is known as a pre-loaded casette. Give me a renault 4 please.
I’ve seen someone pull the old bearing off with a flat bar behind it but it still took as long as a grinder to do and doesn’t guarantee success! Yes those hub nuts are a pain to get off as much they’re are to get tight enough.
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I use a 3 ton jack and acro prop, video on my channel its quick and easy.
Nice. I’ll check it out
You said happy to help here goes!
There’s a million and 1 jobs for me to do on mine.
Just 1 I need help with.
I suspected it was a front passenger side wheel bearing fail approx 5 years ago, had that replaced, but still continued to make a noise, can hear it at very low speeds, like first gear is probably the worst coming from front passenger side, like a noise everytime there’s a revolution. Like a wow-wow-wow-wow-wow.
Any ideas?
The faster and faster I go it is still there but the noise seems to fade into the background.
Hi, ok so is your transit FWD or RWD? The FWD transits have an intermediate bearing on the drive shaft which can give you the noise you’re experiencing. Failing that it could be a faulty bearing, worn brake disc or noisy gearbox. First thing to do is get it jacked up and see if you have any play in the wheel bearing and then the service life of your brakes and keep working back untill you discover the noise! Always here to help so if you need more guidance drop a comment. Cheers 👏
helps to put the new bearing in the freezer for a few hours to shrink the metal
Yep done that a few times. Usually when I’m doing these bearings the vans need to be in and out of the workshop ASAP so the freezer doesn’t really have enough time
how do you do this on FWD as there is no stub axle?
You use the CV joint to wind it in once bolted to the housing if this makes sense
Is it the same for a mk6 transit?
Yes it should be the same for a transit mk6. 2000-2006. Cheers
Thank you, but it would have been better if someone was a little technical and you would have reported it. Because of the hammer in the clear hand، you're so new.
part number please...
1377907 is the Ford part number for the bearing
That was a great video really enjoyed watching you make that look so easy, can I do the same on my transit connect it’s 13 reg 🤓
Cheers. If it uses the same parts the method should be identical 🍻