I received my new (OEM) wheel bearing today, only set me back $100.

I am ready to go except for one little thing.

Am I likely to have to use a "wheel puller"? I can't figure out how
to attach the three legged puller that I have to the hub.

I can fabricate a piece of angle iron with holes drilled for two studs
and a center hole for a pushing nut and bolt. Should I plan on going
to this trouble, or can I expect the old hub/bearing to "pop off.

It is very interesting to listen to wheal bearings with an high gain
amp and microphone.

At work we have a big production unit , big as in 60' wheel base, that
one of the drivers suspected a wheel bearing was going bad. By ear you
couildn't really hear anything. So I used my electronic stethescope and

sure enough it was much noisier then the other bearings. We recorded
it
and used "gram to display the audio FFT. It works out that both of the
rear most bearing, left and right, have an odd repetative/periodic
"grinding" noise that is very visible on FFT. The bad one you can hear,

the other one you can see.

My hobby is shortwave radio and I use FFT to view signals you just
can't hear. I never thought there would be any practical use for this.

They took the truck in for service and we cut the old bearing open
and sure enough there was "scuffing" on both sets, and the noisiest
had the most scuffing. A new tool for predicting trouble well ahead
of time.

I have borrowed my wife's latop and I am hoping to see if I can do
some real time tests before I repair my car.

Terry