{"id":52020,"date":"2017-06-01T07:38:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T12:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=52020"},"modified":"2017-06-01T07:38:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T12:38:18","slug":"2001-f150-5-4l-svt-removing-rear-axle-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2017\/06\/2001-f150-5-4l-svt-removing-rear-axle-races","title":{"rendered":"2001 F150 5.4L SVT &#8211; Removing Rear axle races"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2001-ford-f150.jpg\" alt=\"2001 Ford F150\" width=\"586\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2001-ford-f150.jpg 586w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2001-ford-f150-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/>Outer bearing races will not come out. I&#8217;ve used two different types of slide hammer pullers. All that is left are the outer races. I started making some conservative &#8220;x&#8221; cuts with a dremmel on the race , but I am concerned about going any deeper at risk of cutting into axle housing. What else can I do. Need some advice!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Removing Rear axle races<\/h4>\n<p>In my shop what we used to do in order to get races out was to use heat. I have found that the best way to apply heat to the race is to use a wire welder. Weld a bead all the way around the inside of the race and it will pop right out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outer bearing races will not come out. I&#8217;ve used two different types of slide hammer pullers. All that is left are the outer races. I started making some conservative &#8220;x&#8221; cuts with a dremmel on the race , but I am concerned about going any deeper at risk of cutting into axle housing. What else&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2017\/06\/2001-f150-5-4l-svt-removing-rear-axle-races\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2001 F150 5.4L SVT &#8211; Removing Rear axle races<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14527,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[409,10157,11558,11559],"class_list":["post-52020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-ford","tag-f150","tag-rear-axle","tag-rear-axle-races","tag-removing-rear-axle-races"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2001 F150 5.4L SVT - Removing Rear axle races - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2017\/06\/2001-f150-5-4l-svt-removing-rear-axle-races\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2001 F150 5.4L SVT - Removing Rear axle races\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Outer bearing races will not come out. 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