Pulling bearing race off hubs?

[ccarpen at earthlink.net (Cris Carpenter)]

I used to do it this way until I saw how easily it can be done with an air 
chisel. Gotta have experience with the air chisel tho. The physics of it 
are subtle.
Cris

At 12:00 PM 6/15/2005, you wrote:
>Message: 2
>Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 08:46:13 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Anson Clement <ansonivan@yahoo.com>
>Subject: RE: Pulling bearing race off hubs?
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Message-ID: <20050615154613.7516.qmail@web33314.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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>There is a fast and easy way to do the race removal:
>
>1. Clamp hub firmly in vise holding it by the flange.
>
>2. Use a propane torch and a small cold chisel to move
>the race away from the flange a bit, I can usualy get
>it about 1/4 inch out by stepping up the chisel size.
>
>3. Employ a dremel with a fiber wheel mounted to cut a
>slot across the face of the race, don't worry if you
>can't cut it all the way through.
>
>4. Bust out yer medium sized cold chisel and a big
>hammer, place the chisel in the newly formed crack and
>let the hammer do the talking.
>
>5. the race should split on the first or second strike
>and you will be able to just tap it off with the
>chisel.
>
>I have it down to under 10 minutes with that method.
>
>Let me know if you need more detail.
>
>Anson