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hi everyone

im just doing my rear bearings at the moment but ive hit a brick wall

i cant fit the bearing cone on the drive shaft, the bearing cone just seems micrometers too small.





ive put the driveshaft in the freezer then tried to put the cone on but that didn't help

some random at work overheard me at work talking about it and said it needs 5tons of pressure to get it on, is this true?

how did everyone else do this?

thanks
Top Hat

it could be possible you have the wrong bearing????

maybe go and buy a few meters of wet and dry cloth sand paper and sand it down a little.

bryan

hi you shouldnt have to do any of what you said. well yer try the wet and dry. the bearing should fit right on. unless you bent the drive shaft when you hit it. think you got the rong bearing mate... but i never done a subaru bearing lololol

If they were cups id say put them in the oven for awhile, but ive seen cones with plastic roller seperators.

yeah there they have the plastic seporators so cant do that

the haynes book is quite vauge on this
but when putting it back together, do i put both bearings in tighten the big nut then hammer the shaft in?

I've always pressed mine in with a 10ton press (not that it needs that much) and never had any issues but if you feel that you might not have received the correct bearing, then I'd suggest you get out the verniers and double/triple check. I would also recommend you have the drive (stub) shaft in the freezer for at least 3hrs (or use a CO2 extinguisher on it.. LOL.. just kidding) before trying to press it in.

yeah nothing to much to worry about. They are desighned to be a pressed fit. you should be able to get in on with a hamber and punch.
Freeze the drive sharft overnight.
You should be able to assemble the bearings on the sharft before installing to the trail arm.