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the races are damn near an interference fit and can be nearly impossible to remove without a press or the proper tools. Sometimes you get lucky and you can get by, but marine trailers are almost never easy.

I've changed close to 100 if not more bearings and races. Never used a press. Just a punch and a hammer.

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Posted by NYCAuburn

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Posted on 4/18/19 at 8:24 am to GreasemonkeyJr

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Just a punch and a hammer.

you forgot the 2x4

I have done my fair share in the driveway and never used a press. Although it would make it a lot easier

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Posted by BFIV

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Posted on 4/19/19 at 7:47 am to GreasemonkeyJr

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Never used a press. Just a punch and a hammer.

Me, too. I didn't have a press. Changed out bearings and races on riding mowers. I put bearing buddies on my boat trailer and made sure that I kept them loaded with grease. Kept a grease gun with the spare tire and always kept the bearings pressured up to keep out the water. Never had a bearing fail or go bad for 15 years when I finally sold that rig, and I had pulled it all over the southeast to Lake Eufaula, Santee-Cooper, Lake Gaston, Fontana, and countless trips to our local lakes. Fished a tournament on Gaston and one of our club members had a bearing fail while on the way. Idiot had never greased them and didn't have bearing buddies on his rig. Ate up the hub and damaged the axle. His trailer tire was wobbling like a drunk leaving the bar.

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