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Tools needed, small hammer, large hammer, rubber mallet, flat-head screwdriver or punch, new bearings, grease gun, grease and a roll of paper towels. I was able to remove the axle from my trailer, not neccessary but made things easier.

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Bearing Buddy, notice plunger cap is depressed all the way down. Using rubber mallet, gently knock BearingBuddy off hub.

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Bearings removed and grease cleaned out, notice bearing races. The amount of damage to actual bearings will depend on whether the races need to be removed, to remove races a race-driver will be required.

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Race-Driver has a beveled cap, one bevel fits inside race for stability, other bevel overlaps race edge.

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notice how race-driver cap fits new race.

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race-driver allows new races to be installed without damage, very important.

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New bearing with race, install races into hub using the driver.

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pack bearings with grease using packer, place bearings into races, grease liberally.

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replace hub on axle spindle, replace bearing buddies. If you did not have a grease packer, here is where the bearingbuddy is an advantage, using a grease gun, inject grease into hub untill plunger cap on bearing buddy pushes all the way out, the force of

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Replace dust-cover, replace axle, replace wheels, job well done. A few points to note, clean out all old grease, choose your preferred grease, I opted for a Hi-Temp Lithium grease instead of marine grease, do not mix greases. Total cost, high quality bear