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Old 06-07-2014, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by vstech View Post

I have successfully reused the seals on thousands of cars... The trick is to knock the seal out with the inner bearing as you pull the rotor off the spindle with the locknut back on the spindle.
Learned that trick from my Uncle when I was just a kid.

Bump the inner bearing against the locknut and washer after removing the outer bearing.

Tap, rotate, tap, rotate, tap, rotate, pop.

All done....

Jim
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