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75/5 front wheel bearing removal.
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:46 pm
by Cotton52
I am having a hard time removing the cover over the bearing on the brake side of my 1970 R75/5 front wheel, I tried tapping it out with a drift from the opposite side and also tried unscrewing the cap with no luck. I even tried heating the cap and driving it from the opposite side, no luck. Any good ideas of what I’m doing wrong????
Re: 75/5 front wheel bearing removal.
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2019 7:49 pm
by Kurt in S.A.
Duane Ausherman has the most detail info on the /5 wheel bearings here:
https://w6rec.com/the-5-wheel-bearings/
Kurt in S.A.
Re: 75/5 front wheel bearing removal.
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:44 am
by Cotton52
Thanks for the info, that is a n excellent resource!!!
Re: 75/5 front wheel bearing removal.
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:21 pm
by Cotton52
Well, that did it got it apart!!! Never have I seen a wheel bearing designed like that!
Re: 75/5 front wheel bearing removal.
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 5:13 am
by Rob Frankham
Cotton52 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:21 pm
Well, that did it got it apart!!! Never have I seen a wheel bearing designed like that!
Ahhh, BMW... if theres another way to do it, they will
Rob
Re: 75/5 front wheel bearing removal.
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:08 pm
by Roy Gavin
Vincents had taper rollers too - and they actually gave you a figure, two thou, to preload them to.