peter roberts
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- 24 Aug 2015
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The previous owner of my 928GTS removed the rear spacers and fitted standard studs so i bought studs and spacers to put back to original. As the front disc backplates were rusty i decided to strip all 4 wheels and check everything out. Beginning to wish i hadn't.
Fronts have gone OK but rears have become a nightmare. Drivers side came apart easily and other than some rear backplate screws shearing off
which i drilled out no major snags. ( steel in alluminium for 25 years is not good)
Nearside was completely different. All backplate screws sheared but worse was the rear outer bearing pulled in half when i tried to extract the hub.
I now cannot get the circlip out to replace the bearing despite soaking in WD40 its rusty and firmly stuck. I have large circlip pliers, i have tried tapping it around in the grove to loosen it and tried bending it out.
One option is to drill into the hub at the back of the circlip and use a pin punch to dislodge it but before doing that i am wondering is there is something on the market with pins that can be located in the circlip and then be compressed with a a screw clamp to loosen the circlip.
I am sure i am not the first with this problem so does anyone have any suggestions please
Fronts have gone OK but rears have become a nightmare. Drivers side came apart easily and other than some rear backplate screws shearing off
which i drilled out no major snags. ( steel in alluminium for 25 years is not good)
Nearside was completely different. All backplate screws sheared but worse was the rear outer bearing pulled in half when i tried to extract the hub.
I now cannot get the circlip out to replace the bearing despite soaking in WD40 its rusty and firmly stuck. I have large circlip pliers, i have tried tapping it around in the grove to loosen it and tried bending it out.
One option is to drill into the hub at the back of the circlip and use a pin punch to dislodge it but before doing that i am wondering is there is something on the market with pins that can be located in the circlip and then be compressed with a a screw clamp to loosen the circlip.
I am sure i am not the first with this problem so does anyone have any suggestions please