You can't pry out the seal. Its made of relatively thick hardened steel and will not bend. I know that there was a mention of prying or janking it out, but I don't think that suggestion was made on the basis of actual observation. It has to be hammered out from the inside of the hub. There is a hole in the seal where the spindle passes through and the diameter of the bearing (toward the center of the hub) is less than that of the seal. (The diameter of the seal toward the outside of the hub is greater than the whole in the seal) Therefore, since you can not remove the seal from the outside, by pulling it out, you must carefully hit the bearing a little at a time to push out the seal and bearing from the inside. Hitting the bearing with a brass drift is not going to hurt it. A brass drift cost about $10. This would also be better than using brute force on the spindle nut. Doing it that way would cause a tremendous amount of pressure on one side of the bearing all at once. That bearing nut is probably hardened steel. I would also be concerned that employing that technique might strip the threads on the spindle. Researching this further I found that Lisle makes different sized drifts for removing bearings. One would just match up the diameter of the bearing with the drift and then the force would be distributed over the entire end of the bearing. However, I think hitting around the bearing a little at a time with a brass drift would work as well. Not as good as the Mercedes tool or the Lisle drift but a lot cheaper.