Tried the penetrating oil routine but no go.
Drum looks ok, the rust was so bad I had to use a 4 by 4 and hydraulic jack to press the wheel off before starting the job. I finally took my actylene torch and roasted the drum where it meets the hub. Then it came loose with some severe prying.
The bearing seems fine but it was smoking hot.
Does anyone know if there is a front seal built into the front side of the wheel bearing? When I reinstalled the hub, I packed grease around the nut area. I dont like this design of the wheel bearing. would have been much better to just use inner and outer separate tapered bearings with a separate grease seal. They seem to be making cars more difficult and harder to work on. If this had been this type of design, when a bearing went bad, just a few dollars, but these sealed permanently pressed in bearings with integral seals are not a good way of building something from a maintenance view.
