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The Spirit needs new rear wheel bearings on the driver's side (the nylon-cage-made-in-China rubbish on the passenger side was already replaced, good thing too, as the bearing was starting to disintegrate). The FSM seems to think that the races can be removed with a brass drift, while the Haynes manual recommends having the races pressed (which I did last time, but press service is now over $80 for the races at Pep Boys). I know that most drums have provisions for removing races like reliefs in the race seat. Is this the case with the 5-bolt EEK drums/what's the best way to get the races out in a reasonable amount of time? I can't use that nifty welding trick, since I don't have a welder... It looks like you might even be able to get a harmonic balancer puller on the back of the outboard bearing from the cross-section in the manual, but the inboard one doesn't look so easy.