There's any number of ways to remove the stub shaft from the bearing/knuckle, But every way I've tried leaves the outer bearing race and seal pressed up against the hub.


This makes it difficult to get a bearing puller in to pull the race off the hub.

I do not remember where I heard of this, but if you weld a bead on the race, it provides a nice place for the puller to grip and has the side benifit of heating the race for easy removal.

 

Nice, I have used a Sawzall with fine blade cutting down the side.
Or a torch is easiest, but need to be good to be able to cut off the bearing off of the shaft or hub without damaging.
Deals with working temperatures and having right settings.

 

Thank you for the photos and good tip. Hope I don't have to go there, but being a bit of a shade tree mechanic myself I admit to jury rigged tools that I wouldn't recommend to any one; they just get the job done.

 

Good idea, ideally the face of the weld used for the pull should be square to the bore or the bearing will be harder to pull off and may score the hub surface. Using a lathe to square the surface would be a good idea.