<VV> How to advice on replacing rear wheel bearings on LM?

James Davis hurricanehazel16 at gmail.com
Fri Jun 9 18:40:43 EDT 2017


Use a 3/8" dia of ENT conduit and slip it over the brake cable.  It will
depress the fingers of the retaining cable.  You May have to wiggle the
cable with the EMT in place to let the cable slide out.

Jim Davis

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 11:17 PM, Joel McGregor via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> Yes, the backing plate stays with the hub.
> The hub will come out with the inner flange attached.
> I made some pliers to remove the e-brake cable with a short piece of pipe
> split in two with one half welded to each jaw.
> Joel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of
> John Gull via VirtualVairs
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> Cc: John Gull <vairdude at gmail.com>
> Subject: <VV> How to advice on replacing rear wheel bearings on LM?
>
> Well I need some advice on how to remove rear wheel hubs? Looks like rear
> brake backing plate has to be removed as a unit. what do I plug the brake
> line with to prevent fluid loss? Does inner u-joint flange have to come off
> before removing unit from car? Any other advice will be greatly
> appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help. John Gull in Asheville NC
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