Front Bearings and Manual Hubs

[NiftyNev]

Did you remove the bolt and washer from the end of the drive shaft. The hub will not fit over the washer so you need to remove this first. Once the cones and this are removed the hub will come off.

Nev

[Renshai06]

Hi, if you mean the brass coloured ones then yes. I've decided to post a of pic below as my hub is slightly different as I've said before. (I've reassembled it at the mo so will point out that when disasembling before I did take the wheel off and the 6 nuts from around the hub plate!



Thanks for your response,

Ren

[NiftyNev]

Looks like a standard Surf hub to me. The pics on previous page show Free Wheel Hubs not the standard hub you have. Do not use the drive shaft to try and remove the hub flange.The drive shaft is only held into the hub with a snap ring with a spacer washer behind it. Too much pressure and you might damage the snap ring. Screw the bolts into the flange itself. They will seat on the hub. Once the nuts and cones are removed It should come off. Try tapping the flange with a soft hammer or hammer and brass drift once you get some pressure on the bolts. If it starts moving, gradually screw the bolts in a bit more. Use high tensile bolts and be careful you don't burr the ends or they will be hard to remove. Bolts with the end rounded slightly on the last couple of threads work well.

Nev

[Renshai06]

Excellent! Thank you very much for your help Nev, I will have a go at it first thing tomorrow!

Ren

[fatfires]

cant see anything in your description to say you took off the 50something mm nut, tab washer, other nut, washer with key tab - being that the bearings are tapered it should come off easilly!, both mine did

[Renshai06]

Hi Tony,

I haven't even been able to access the bits you are talking about yet as I can't get the face plate off!

I will have a go tomorrow with the advice Nev gave me earlier and hopefully will get to the bits you are talking about!

Thaks for your response though,

Ren

[Renshai06]

Yay! Both front bearings sorted! Thanks for your help Nev, I wasn't using high tensile bolts before but once I sorted that they came off no worries!! Nice one!