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MG TD TF 1500 - TF front hubs

Need help, My front brake drums have me baffled. Drums are on the bench and I thought replacing the seals and bearings would be a no brainer... Not quite. Bearings are pressed into the hubs with the internal spacer between the inner and outer bearings. The spacer has a close tolerance with no real gap or ridge to slide a drift down onto to drive out the race. I know TD's had nice little holes drilled in the hub to facilitate bearing removal not these buggers.
How is it done? Thanks guys
m r phinn

The hubs on the TF and the TD are the same. You can just make out one of the twp notches on the inside of the one on the left that allow you to drift out the inner bearing.

MG LaVerne

La Verne,
what is the tool next to the bottle?.
my mind boggles.
Ray TF2884
Ray Lee

Brake pliers?

Tom Lange
MGT Repair
t lange

Just realised they are brake SPRING pliers.
Ray
Ray Lee

LaVerne,

Problem solved. The issue was with both the bearings in place on the hub the drift could not get a purchase on the bearing. So I placed the drift on the nose of the spacer and which drove the outside bearing enough to allow the spacer to move off enough to now drift out the bearings. Sometimes the saying "just use a bigger hammer has its merits".

Thanks again
Mike
m r phinn

In the Navy, we called for the BFH.
Tom Maine

Yep brake tool....notice the brass BFH on the right?
MG LaVerne

I have a tack hammer, a ball peen hammer, a claw hammer, a dead blow hammer, a five pound mallet, a BFH, and if all else fails, I use the largest hammer I've got, "the persuader."
-David
D. Sander

BFH..? Bloody Fu.......hammer?

Regards,

Jan
JE Kristoffersen

Close enough Jan.... Big Fu**ing hammer :-)
MG LaVerne

This thread was discussed between 02/01/2014 and 03/01/2014

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