Hi All!
So here's the latest on the 75 rear bearing.
I welded the hell out of the retaining ring tool and tried again , and the ring failed to move a mm even with a scaffolding pole as lever.
So I decided to go with my first thought and cut directly across the ring with my Dremmel.
Then using a chisel I levered the cut end up and as soon as it raised above the rest the ring popped right out!
After lashings of WD40 I set to removing the bush with the one of the tools I bought.
And out it popped! So that tool was worth the cash!
I took some 800 grit and the WD40 and the 1200 and cleaned it right up to ensure it was going to go as smoothly as possible.
The plan I hatched was to head the housing and freeze the bearing, a plan that worked well with bushes on the past.
I wanted to ensure that I had no issue getting it in straight and save myself a ton of hassle.
And after an hour in the freezer, and 20 mins with a little bottle blow torch it slid right in!
I was feeling very pleased with myself, the locking ring went right in no problems.
Slid the drive in from the rear.
And then grabbed the wheel hub. Now the instructions show you slide it on the spline and eveything is ok. It shows no use of any tools.
Well it slid on the spline but stopped at going through the bush, so being the ape I am and still believing it was supposed to slide right through, I gave it a tap with the hammer and -
So the bearing broke up.
I am assuming then , and need confirmation that I needed to have pressed the shaft back in with the tool I used to pull the hub off. Or freeze the shaft like did the bush to allow it to slide though.
So advice please! I'm off to buy another bush bit of a waste of £50!