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Bonded Rubber Bushing For Bearing Housing, Remove & Install



Bonded Rubber Bushing For Wheel Bearing Housing (Aluminum), Removing and Installing

Special Tools and Equipment

- 2- Kukko 180 extractor
- 3- Kukko 151/1 7-1 extractor






- 3349 puller for wheel hub
- Installation tool, spindle 3292
- 3292/3 installation tool
- 3293/1 installation tool

Bonded rubber bushing in wheel bearing housing consists of two parts. Therefore, removal and installation is performed in two work sequences.

Removing

Pressing out first bonded rubber bushing

- Slightly flange sheet metal collars of bonded rubber bushing.






- Apply separator 3292, and tighten with spindle.
Blades of tool must be applied exactly between collar of bonded rubber bushing and wheel bearing housing.
- Insert pin 3293/1.






- Now, apply tool 3349 so that blades push exactly between bonded rubber bushing and wheel bearing housing.
- Turn spindle -2- until bonded rubber bushing lifts slightly off of wheel bearing housing.
- Now tighten bolt -1-.






- Put on bridge 3292/2.
- Turn hex bolt -1- to press out one of the two bonded rubber bushings.

Pressing out second bonded rubber bushing






- Insert thrust piece 3349/1 and insert spindle from 3292.
- Remove bonded rubber bushing by turning spindle.
- When pulling out, make sure that blades of tool lie completely against collar of bonded rubber bushing.
- Installing bonded rubber bushing into wheel bearing housing
- Installation of bonded rubber bushing occurs in one work sequence.






- Put on both bonded rubber bushings together with tool 3292/3.
- Pull in bonded rubber bushing by turning spindle.