Mulestang

I'm looking for a place that can press out wheel bearings. I contacted a couple of machine shops locally, but nothing panned out. Other than a machine shop, who else should have a press to do this? Would this be routine fir most auto repair shops?

SCORGE

It should be.

650NutKase

Try a local garage. Machine shops are tailored for different needs.

dukedkt442

Or do a free loaner tool from Autozone or Advance if they have one to fit your needs.

But any mechanic should have the equipment, it's not like they'll say "naw, we can't replace wheel bearings" should someone come in with bad wheel bearings.

DarrinT04

If there is a shop near you see if you can make a deal

Mulestang

Thanks for the tips!

dukedkt442

Are you talking about pressed-in races in a front rotor, as I presume the 2WDs have? In decades of replacing them, I've never used a press to either remove them or install them, just a carefully directed dead-blow.

redfishtd

After overheating and other bearing failures I went to The centric mod . Which has better bearings and uses any 4wd rotor without the need to change out expensive one time use nuts . And you don't need to torque them to 295 foot pounds every time you change rotors. 2wd rotors are expensive and not worth it . I have a twenty ton press but I would not fool with those rotors .
Sticking calipers get so hot that it boils grease out of those little bearings .

Mulestang

I'm trying to have the bearings pressed out of a set of the Centric 2WD conversion hubs. Bearings went bad at around 30k miles. I hit 3 auto repair shops yesterday and none would do it.

nrivera04

Unlike many, I wasn’t a fan of the centric conversion. Many are reporting the same bearing failures as the OE setup. Problem is you have to reorder a hub and wait. The issue with the OE setup is it appeared aftermarket rotors, more specifically the value line rotor, was using a cheap bearing causing early failure. I’d suggest going back OE with a ford rotor or top-shelf aftermarket brand. See if you can find out what bearing they’re using in them. Needs to be name brand like SKF, Timken, or National.