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Originally Posted by sethhatfield
Well, bad news. I managed to damage the new bearing installing it and had to remove it. I really don't know what I did wrong except maybe not pressing on the inner race only from the back? It doesn't bode well for the new bearing I'm going to pick up today.
Also, the new CV axle doesn't really want to go into the hub. I don't see any way to force it because it has a rubber boot on it I don't want to damage.
BTW, there is no chance I'm doing the other side unless it makes the same hellacious noise this side did.
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That's what you did wrong, common error and one I almost made myself until I re-read various E39 bearing DIY's, common thinking would have you say "I want the biggest disc I can fit in the back to brace against the bearing while the hub is being pressed in" but you really have to check which disc on contacts the entire surface of the inner race and nothing more while pressing that hub back in.
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