Rear Bearing Nightmare

[Curt2000]

Give it too me straight...am I FUBAR'd?

I'm in the middle of a suspension/bearing/bushing refresh and I've run into a snag with the rear hubs/bearings.

I used a bearing puller tool rented from auto zone and it pulled the hubs off no-problem, but the driver side rear bearing separated and left part of the sleeve still pressed on the hub...

Anyone have any suggestions on how to get it off? There is a lip but its way to small for the loads required and I'm afraid to use a cutting wheel for fear of damaging the hub itself...is this a $350 mistake? (cost of new hub)
Thanks,
-Curt

[Curt2000]

Nevermind, found a YT'er that ran into the same problem and he used the cutting wheel to score the bearing sleeve enough to wail on it with a chisel and the sleeve shatters off the hub. I did the same and mine cracked enough to loosen the pressure and pulled right off!

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