Any ideas? Rear wheel bearing.

[donkeylips]

Slide hammer - nothing.
Socket and deadblow from backside - nothing.
Sawzall - nothing. Can't get started, too hard.
Dremel/cut-off wheel - would work, but can't get it in there.

I really don't want to take off the trailing arm what with the eccentric bolts and everything.
I hate you guys that live in California.

 

[thedsmguy]

OMG. Complete new subframe? And to think I just scrapped a perfectly good no rust version....... UGH..

 

[donkeylips]

I think I'm going to start attempting the trailing arm removal. I do have a spare, but...oh boy.

 

[gtluke]

get a bigger hammer

 

[LILEVO]

Damn that sucks. That bearing has always came out with the hub stub for me. Did you pound out the smaller bearing already? Use a mapp torch to heat that thing up good and pound it out from the inside /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Otherwise a brand new sawzall blade has always got me through bearings.

 

[SouthCaliVR4]

Holy rusted metal Batman!!!! I'd be looking to replace that. along with anything else under there that looks like that. You need to stop spending money on anything other than rust repair or soon your car will be scrap.

 

[donkeylips]

That's why I own 3 Galants. This is the winter beater. But it's just a little bit too beat.

The inner bearing is out in the pic from my first post. What you may be seeing in there is the ABS ring.
Getting the inner race out was supposed to allow me to cut the outer race with the dremel. So far I've only managed to get a couple of pie-shaped wedges out. It's rust-welded in there good. Not sure if I'll ever get it.

 

[donkeylips]

Looks like 108/1000 will be JSB for another week.

 

[MegaSuiter]

8X Woodpecker!

 

air chissel have been my best friends for years when doing wheel bearings

 

[donkeylips]

My air hammer chisels are too soft. They're getting all chewed up. What it's leaving behind kind of looks like solder.

 

[donkeylips]

Well I'm a quitter. I just bought a complete rear subframe/suspension from a guy with a 1g that hit a deer. It's almost rust-free and already 5-lug with good bearings.

 

[SouthCaliVR4]

Best thing you could have done!

 

[Thirsty]

Gee, I feel for you poor blokes with the salt on the roads. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bawling.gif
I was complaining my subframe was dirty but it is mint compared to those pics. Come live in Australia...LOL /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/applause.gif
Ross

 

You just scared me out of Doing this to my car...

 

[donkeylips]

No wonder my 4WS didn't work! I'm shocked!
This picture actually makes the old rear subframe look good though.

After POR15 and liberal use of anti-seize. Decided to use the lower mileage 3-bolt rear diff from a '91 Talon.

Back on the streets in no time:

 

[IncorpoRatedX]

holy crap...

on a side note, have you posted pics of the blue car yet??

 

[sy1100]

Whats all that white stuff on the ground?? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devil.gif

 

I'm cleaning mine up too! Im just wire wheeling off the surface rust and hitting it with rustoleum though

 

[donkeylips]

Quoting Alpha Male:
holy crap...

on a side note, have you posted pics of the blue car yet??



Not yet! The car is covered up in indoor storage about 3 hours away. The car was really dirty in the couple of crappy pictures I have. I'm thinking about selling it to get a straighter, and equally rust-free Galant.
You can see why I really value rust-free cars...