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[Andy B]

Surely then the bearing shell between the 2 cuts should simply fall off only gravity holding it in place

Unless it's part of the casting...

Exactly as Al says. If that is join marked by TB, why hasn't the shell/race fallen away from the part removed?


Unless its part of the casting/hub?

As above ......... you ain't gone deep enough. Nearly through on the left, but no where near on the right cut. 

[henryd]

Chris as Mdtm said the outer races that you chopping away at are all one piece so you need to cut more

[feeutfo]

More detailed pics hopefully

The pic of the part in my hand shows that baring race surface is included in the part removed.

[feeutfo]

Chris as Mdtm said the outer races that you chopping away at are all one piece so you need to cut more

break off you

[henryd]

Chris as Mdtm said the outer races that you chopping away at are all one piece so you need to cut more

break off you

 

[henryd]

I'm just thinking,I replaced a wheel hub on my Discovery last week of the same type as the omega,i might chop that up to see whats inside tomorrow

[Andy B]

What soft clean hands you have ........ 

[feeutfo]

And how wrong you ALL are! 

[henryd]

And how wrong you ALL are! 

From the bit you are holding in that clean hand you may well be right although Markdtm said he had pressed one out

[andyc]

Chris you could alway contact FAG press office, if anyone knows they will.

Typing FAG into Google is a bit iffy so i've saved you the hassel

http://www.fag.com/content.fag.de/en/index.jsp

Cheers
Andy

[feeutfo]

Only thing at the back of my mind is, that this is a conti tech after market quality baring.
Oe or fag or other oe quality baring "might" be a different construction in some way. In fact I would hope theres something more to the construction of oe to justify the extra cost.
But I still say that the leverage forces put through the car by hard cornering would be way more than enough to overcome any pressing in forces used. But we will see tomorrow, I have an old oe factory fit here just removed, but I'm not sparking up the angle grinder at this time of night.

[andyc]

and if the bearing was pressed in then it should have something to stop it coming out again in use. 
On the FWD Cavalier they have a big single bearing that you have to press in and that is held in by two ruddy great circlips.

Think i'm with you on this one chris but i stand to be corrected

Andy

[henryd]

and if the bearing was pressed in then it should have something to stop it coming out again in use. 
On the FWD Cavalier they have a big single bearing that you have to press in and that is held in by two ruddy great circlips.

Think i'm with you on this one chris but i stand to be corrected

Andy

yet a focus front bearing is pressed into a shoulder but no other means to secure it

[feeutfo]

and if the bearing was pressed in then it should have something to stop it coming out again in use. 
On the FWD Cavalier they have a big single bearing that you have to press in and that is held in by two ruddy great circlips.

Think i'm with you on this one chris but i stand to be corrected

Andy

yet a focus front bearing is pressed into a shoulder but no other means to secure it

No! It isn't. It will be part of the hub.

Seriously though...I'm not about to tell you anything I havent seen for meself.
So I'll take your word for it, but with a pinch of salt if i may until experience proves the point. These rumours seem to start with assumptions. Like the Carlton bush myth, like the immovable subframe myth, like all front pads are the same myth, like ... A couple of others I cant remember but could two minutes ago

But let's see what the oe ortopsy brings tomorrow. I might prove AndyP right yet.

[feeutfo]

Oh yeah, copper slip cures brake squeal, another myth busted with help from TB.