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On a trip to PA from MN to a wedding in our '54, a rear wheel bearing puked it's guts, we were lucky to find an axle, replaced it and came on home.
I got busy last week, bought two complete bearings on eBay, pulled my axles out, cut the retainer rings off then pulled the bearings off with a big puller I made, this worked really good, takes a lot of pressure to remove these things.
Then using my 12 ton press, carefully pressed each one on, I would estimate it took 5 tons to push them on. The retainer rings took even more pressure, probably 8 tons or so but we got them into place against the bearings tight. This friction is all that holds the bearings in place
and the only thing that keeps your axles in the car.
I used gasket maker on the plates that hold the bearings & axle in, also made sure the drain holes in the backing plates were open.
So, now we have all new rear wheel bearings, our long trip out west in
August should go a lot better, at least we hope so.
A big THANKS to all the guys that gave help with parts and advice, us Y-blockheads have to stick together.
Thanks again,
Warren, in MN 
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