Replacing Front Hub Assemblies—HELP

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Nov 11, 2018 | 07:48 PM

Regret1990

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Replacing Front Hub Assemblies—HELP

Trying to remove my front hub assemblies and I can’t get it to disengage from the housing it sits in. Not sure of proper terminology, so sorry for any confusion. Tried a pulled but it just pushed the drive axle out of the splines of the hub.

Nov 11, 2018 | 09:29 PM

ArmyRover

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If it's like the lr3 there are bolts going in from the back side and a BFH is needed to persuade it out

Nov 11, 2018 | 09:32 PM

Regret1990

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Originally Posted by ArmyRover

If it's like the lr3 there are bolts going in from the back side and a BFH is needed to persuade it out

i don’t see any additional bolts anywhere on this assembly. I don’t have a slide hammer but we’ve been using BFHs, a puller, Pb blaster and an assortment of other things.

This is the current view from behind the assembly.

Nov 19, 2018 | 08:32 AM

Gnomadf

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You may have to remove the knuckle and press them out, this looks very much like a Volvo bearing and since the LR2 shares a chassis with the S80 it makes sense. The problem is that they are tricky as heck to press back in, if you press on the hub you destroy the new bearing. You have to build up around the outer edge of the bearing so the pressure is on the outer race, not the middle, it's a bear of a job.
Alternately, you could try freezing the bearing and heating the knuckle. If you can get the bearing to contract from the cold and the knuckle to expand you can possibly slide the new bearting into the knuckle. This worked with BMW motorcycle rear end bearings, so it might work here.