A slide hammer is definitely the way to go. It will likely pull the inner race of the bearing out, so be prepared to have to pull that off with a 2/3 jaw puller, or slice it with a cut off wheel.
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You need a Sir Tools B90 kit, both for removal and re-installation. Haven't yet seen a hub that won't remove.The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
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Rear hub stuck in bearing in car, halp?
I just did both rear bearings on my e30 M3. Having the right tools is the difference between this being very easy and being maddeningly difficult.
Attach one of these to the hub
Put a blanket on the ground to catch the hub and slide hammer it out. Advance or AutoZone loans both of the tools for this part.
Interestingly BOTH of my bearings stayed intact with this method so I didn't have to use the bearing splitter to pull a stuck outer race off the hub once off the car.
Remove the bearing using this
The harbor freight tool says front wheel drive but it doesn't matter. It works like this (NOTE: this is pushing IN THE NEW BEARING. When pulling the old bearing out you will use the black plate shown here (or one slightly smaller so you clear the flan on the hub that keeps the bearing from sliding toward the car) on the back of the bearing, then have the right sized sleeve and plate on the front so that you can draw the bearing out into the sleeve)
The above pic has the parking brake removed because I screwed around with the wrong tools for a while before getting the right ones. If you use the puller above you won't need to remove it
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You're also going to need to replace that brake backing plate. I bent mine a bit but was able to hammer it back straight. The one in your pic above looks really bad.
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The hub is out! Between a bearing separator and some hammering, the bearing broke (inner race still on hub) and it came out.
Thing is, I have two lug bolts stuck in the hub still. While torquing against the bearing separator, I mushroomed the ends, and they are now impossible to get out. I'd like to save the hub if possible, but do you think it will be ruined if I force out the lug bolts?
Also, the backing plate is fine, it's just the dust shield that's damaged.Comment
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Back the bolts out enough to expose a bit of thread, then saw off the heads and spin the stubs through the hub. You really don't want to take a chance on damaging the threads in the hub. That has the potential for a future lug bolt failure. Loosing a wheel makes a lot of noise and scares the horses.The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
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Can you dremmel off the mushroomed ends?
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