With all that money you are spending on bearings that don't really wear out you could probably just buy a nicer bearing separator!
Oh, tell me about it.
I picked up a beater South Bend lathe last summer, and I promised
myself that I would make a proper tool for pulling carrier
bearings.
Now winter is here, and my tires are on their last season, and
I'm just pissed off at the utter lack of traction, so I'm
swapping this one in the way I always have. New bearings aren't a
bad thing, except for the cost. And it's only fifty bucks. So far,
I've always done the swap on an old axle where new bearings
bring peace of mind.
The real burn was the second to last time, when I pinched a shim
and ruined a new bearing sorting that out. That sucked.
I'll make a tool by the time I can afford a Wavetrac, I promise.
do all g80 have shims. I have removed 2 unit in the last yr. and I haven't seem one shim fall out. I've been very careful to make sure everything comes out????
The carrier shims certainly do not fall out. You need to pull the
bearings to remove them.