The manual says you need a front wheel hub remover (P/N 204-069) to remove the frunt hub bearings (sealed unit). However, none of the local parts shops have them to lend. I tried making one out of steel stock and some hardened bolts, but it only bent the steel. I think I need the real thing. Any ideas where I can get one? (I already bought the replacement hub unit, and already got off the axle nut (that was a bear) and the three bolts holding it from the inside (also a bear), so I hate to give up now.)

 

Hi, you don't really that special tool. There is two ways to do that I use. 1- Using a big hammer, you knock against the hub, with the wheel fully turn, from the inside to the outside, from the back and front of the hub so that the unit comes out evenly. 2- If you have an air compressor and an air hammer, using the chisel tip, you go between the hub and the knuckle. Or using the hammer tip, directly against the hub for the rotor.

Nic.