P38 front hub/ bearing removal link .

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Hi , I've searched and searched and keep coming up with a link that takes me nowhere...
I'm changing ,or attempting to remove bearing from hub ....anyone got a working link on how to remove bearing ?.. many thanks ....
By the way , the ring on left ,is that around edge of bearing ?
 

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Thanks Dan ,I'm actually trying to split bearing from hub , so I end up with this
 

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Hi , I've searched and searched and keep coming up with a link that takes me nowhere...
I'm changing ,or attempting to remove bearing from hub ....anyone got a working link on how to remove bearing ?.. many thanks ....
By the way , the ring on left ,is that around edge of bearing ?

You need a BIG press for that. Seem to recall Wammers saying it can take a 100 ton press to get the buggers out. You have to keep it absolutely straight too. Given a Timken bearing was £70 last time I looked that means 2 attempts and you're almost at the cost of a whole hub from that place in Birmingham.

I realise this isn't exactly an answer to your question but if it were me I'd just replace the whole hub.
 
I've never done it but you can weld a bead onto the races which shrink a little once cooled down, then easier to tap out.

New races into the freezer for an hour or two also aids fitment of new.
 
I've never done it but you can weld a bead onto the races which shrink a little once cooled down, then easier to tap out.

New races into the freezer for an hour or two also aids fitment of new.
I have not done the bearings on the P38, but on my Transit I cut the bearings out. New bearings in the freezer over night and the hub well warmed with a heat gun and the new bearings pressed in easily.
 
You need a BIG press for that. Seem to recall Wammers saying it can take a 100 ton press to get the buggers out. You have to keep it absolutely straight too. Given a Timken bearing was £70 last time I looked that means 2 attempts and you're almost at the cost of a whole hub from that place in Birmingham.

I realise this isn't exactly an answer to your question but if it were me I'd just replace the whole hub.
I split one with a 20t press🤔 but not one of those presses with a jack in it😲
 
Rears obvs, presuming Mk 6/7.
The mk6/7 transit front bearings are a poor design... Bolted together with torx bolts through the disk and mixed with rust and long standing are a recipe for disaster... I did what started as one bearing for a client on the front of his camper.... Pfff the hub bolts were ruined with corrosion, two new hubs, bearings, carriers and disk with pads later..... 😳
 
The mk6/7 transit front bearings are a poor design... Bolted together with torx bolts through the disk and mixed with rust and long standing are a recipe for disaster... I did what started as one bearing for a client on the front of his camper.... Pfff the hub bolts were ruined with corrosion, two new hubs, bearings, carriers and disk with pads later..... 😳
I have a Mk6 rwd and I've replaced one front bearing,
one of the four bolts was missing completely !:eek:
 
I thought they were only available as a complete hub... maybe I dismissed doing just the bearing because of the poor state of the remaining 3 bolts and went for the new hub/bearing combo option, it was 3 years ago.
I have replaced both front hub bearings n my Transit, a heck of a lot cheaper than a new hub. SKF bearings and they have been in there for about 10 years now.
 
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