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As I was removing a rear wheel hub, the inner race of the bearing came out with the hub (as expected), and when I used a bearing separator to remove the race from the hub, this happened (see photo). Is there anything I can do about it, or is there a new hub in my future?
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BMW CCA MemberIt's probably fine as long as its basically still round. File off any high spots and make sure splines from the axle still fit.
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Originally Posted by B4SH
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^ +1, +2 LOL!!!
Carefully file off the high spots and you should be good. Not ideal, but it is an E30 (and not a race/track car, correct.)
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Right, it's not a track car but rather an E30 that gets babied quite a lot. I'll see what I can do with the buffing/filing. Thanks to all for the help.
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Yikes, what happened there?
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As I was removing the race with a bearing separator, it was going smoothly until the last little bit, and then I started seeing metal shavings. I thought they were from the race, but when it came off completely, I saw that it was the hub that suffered damage.
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