Rear wheel bearings help.

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Bvigr

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I just replaced my rear bearings on my 09 K9. Yours should be pretty much the same. After getting your rear wheel removed (Knothead gave you the perfect advise for that part) go ahead and remove the hubs from the wheels. You will have to remove the drive belt pulley and the brake disk from their perspective sides first. Now find a 2x6 or 2x8 at least 10 inches long and use a hole saw to drill a hole big enough so the hub face sits flush on the board and the flange drops down into the hole (lm sorry I don’t remember the size of the hole, around 2 or 2.5 inches I think). Then place the hub with the bearing side down on the board. Using a 1 inch socket on an extension, drive the old bearing out of the hub. Then repeat the same process and drive the two bearings out of the other hub.
Now, clean the hubs up and then very lightly wipe some axle grease into the seats where the bearings go. Place the hub with the bearing seat up on your board. Wipe a thin layer of axle grease onto the outer side of the bearing and then place it onto the hub. Using a small block of wood and a mallet, carefully pound the new bearing into the hub. Be sure to check that the bearing is going in straight and not cockeyed after each hit with the mallet. Once you have it as far as you can get it, place one of the old bearings (cleaned up of course) flush on top of the new bearing and using the small block and mallet finish driving in the bearing.
On the other hub you will do the same but after getting the first bearing flush you will stack the second bearing and continue and then finish up by using the old bearing again.
when reinstalling the hubs, pulley and brake disk be sure to use lock-tite and proper torque settings. You need to install one hub first and get it torqued down. Then flip the wheel over and insert the spacer tube. Place the remaining hub on the wheel and insert the axle going through and extending out of the other side. Now torque that hub. Remove the axle at this point. Note: there are indexing marks on the hubs, wheel, pulley and brake disk. They are little dots. Be sure to align these when you are installing. Install and torque your brake disk next and then the drive pulley.
When installing the rear wheel, be sure that the spacers are correctly installed. They are different widths and must be in their correct places. Also the two spacers that are in contact with the bearings have a small flange on them that needs to be flange side toward the bearing.
Its really not that hard!
Have fun and don’t start drinking the beer until the job is done, you don’t want to have to do it twice.
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Thank you, so removing the hubs is mandatory? Any chance of a long drift to punch the bearings out? '03 Big Dog
 
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HMAN

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Bvigr said:
Thank you, so removing the hubs is mandatory? Any chance of a long drift to punch the bearings out? '03 Big Dog
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You will be farther ahead if you just get a bearing puller. Waaaay easier than dicking around with punches n stuff.

Orion Motor Tech Wheel Bearing Puller Tool Kit Compatible with Harley Davidson Motorcycles, Wheel Bearing Removal & Installation Tool for 3/4" 1" 25mm Bearings, 18pc Harley Wheel Bearing Tool

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Mickmorris

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Yes you can absolutely use a drift punch to remove them if it’s easier. I just replaced front bearings on my ‘03 AIH. I have 3 different bearing pullers and none would work. That mofugger was stuck. Had to cut it out. The other side I didn’t even bother with the puller. I just used a drift punch & IMG_2223.jpeghad it out quick.
 

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