e36 Rear Bearings

[johnna]

Is it meant to be this hard to get the hub off?

[StuBeeDoo]

'Ello again Buddy!!

If the E36 is the same, or similar to, the E30 they are an absolute ba574rd. I did one on Easter Monday and it took me pretty much all day and I ended-up with blisters from all the braying with my 2kg lump hammer.

The touring's dead again!

[johnna]

'Ello again Buddy!!



The touring's dead again!

Nooo!

Fancy setting up the dead touring club? I can join you if you stretch to e36's.

[StuBeeDoo]

Fancy setting up the dead touring club? I can join you if you stretch to e36's.

Any touring accepted! E30, E34, E36, I'd probably even allow the newer ones.
My latest "woes thread" is here.....
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... highlight=

I'd offer to come and assist, but I've got no transport.

[johnna]

Swapping the rear bearing:

A shitplate putting the shit in shitplate- I wonder why the handbrake didn't work?:



That collar was tight tight tight:



My first extraction tool- guess its original application:



I welded in these plates to hopefully upset the collar (aye- right) and to set up a slide hammer (dream on).



I then utilised an old disc:



I bashed in the new outer collar using the old collar.
The front of the wind in tool (30mm socket):



The back of the wind in tool (36mm socket with an old inner collar fitted to it:

[harry_p]

if you have to do it again, run a bead of weld all the way round the inside of the outer shell, it really does help! on one bearing i did you could hear the shell 'crack' as it loosened it's grip, and drifted out easily.

looks like a crappy job though, i'd hoped the e36 arms would be a bit easier to get off and take to a bench.