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Originally Posted by realvc
Thanks for the reply.
The rotor is stepped behind the race to seat the race on a ledge. Then the rotor bearing cavity is smaller around and then tapers out larger to the rear race.
A disc can't be inserted behind the race from the back side because of this.
I can't find any kind of a tool to do this and I know these races have to come out.
May be a pilot bearing/bushing removal tool would work.
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If that race has any sort of lip at all (it should) then it should be possible to force and over-sized disc with a relief slot down behind it. I used the socket to drive the disc past the smallest part of the cone/race. Once the disc was driven behind the race, I used a slightly oversized bolt to re-expand the disc, put a nut on it and the disc was tight enough to drive the race out from the other side.
Maybe not the easiest or best solution but it worked. I could have bought the front bearing retainer with a race already pressed in but since I was using Timken bearings, I know they machine the bearing/race as a matched set. I wanted to use the matched race so I had to r&r mine.