Well using my own press I was able to push out the old bearings, heated the bearing carriers and the bearings just fell in.

Just a few minutes ago I took my frozen outer hubs and tried to press them into the bearings/carrier. The instant the hubs were flush with the bearing the bearings gave alot of resistance and felt crunchy (just like a bad bearing).

The bearings used are Timken #510010 which is what Autozone sold me and what Timken's website says is correct.

Once the hub was in the bearing I didn't press it any harder.......

 

hmmm

To be honest, I've never in the several sets of rear bearings I've done in these cars needed to heat or freeze either the bearing or carrier.

I've always pressed them out with hardly a Tonne of pressure. The most recent set didn't even register on the gauge...

Even pressing the hub portion into the bearing was hardly a workout for the press....I've done them with mallets in the past.

Heating and freezing in this case is asking for trouble IMO.

.....did you insert the bearing too deep? or is it resting just a hair away from the C clip?

 

The bearing are just dropped in, their not pressed in hard at all. All I did was freeze teh hub so it would slip into the bearing easier. I'm thinking when I pressed it in I should have directly supported the inner races themselves, not just the back of the hub...

 

Yep. You just did what I did on the first one I replaced. You HAVE to support the inner race or you'll push the inner race and bearings on the hub side straight down through the assembly. Go ahead and press the whole assembly out 'cuz it's now pretty much ruined.

I ended up making race supports from the parts of the old bearings I took out. If you break the old one apart you end up with an outer ring and two inner races that you can use to make supports for pressing the new parts in.

Live and learn...

-chris