So what is the purpose of having Nicole Fisher and Gloria Garcia working for your company? are those two girls anti-Customer Service does Astro even consider Customer Service?

got to get our sma fix for the week better than drugs i swear long time member got the coffee cups tools but no sticker ugh lol

what does that sentence mean? is it a reference to some movie?

@@lordjaashin assuming it's because you didn't have to curse while getting the bearing out because you have the fancy astro tool.

I have one of these Astro Pneumatic Nano's it's a fantastic tool. I was able to do a thousand-plus dollar timing chain service on my car with it and I don't think I could have done it without it...the tensioner was really stuck and on the firewall side of the block.

You could try just a regular bolt and a nut and if you're feeling fancy some sort of padding so that the bolt wont leave a dent. I've used this method with just regular bolts and nuts and it works great! Instead of a boring chore bearing replacement is now way more enjoyable.

That sounds fun

Yup, working on that!

I got an AJAX branded one because it was available

@@andrewgonyou9903 So did I, strangely, as a special online order from Walmart! It didn't quite fit, but I ground down the shoulder near the flared neck and it works OK. That one is a spade chisel, I'm still looking for a long version of a narrow hammerhead.

@@AstroTools You can't find this bolt kit anywhere. Out of stock on Amazon & don't know when it will return?

The real problem (besides the criminals spreading salt) is that the manuf wants it to be a failure. A coating of anti seize on the hub would protect it for life, but, no. That's doing something right. It should be federal law that all fasteners exposed to heat/water have anti-seize applied from factory.

@@TheGuruStud That'll jack prices up more. Also antizeizing them all when most will probably never be undone is kind of a waste IMO. It would be nice if they did at least key ones though. Regardless it should no way be a law. If a company decides to do it and succeeds all is well. Additional government fiddling is pretty much never the way. That being said if most manufacturers weren't s-bags, right to repair wouldn't need to be a thing either, so.... Kind of rambling.

They already have

that's what she said!

You could definitely get arrested for that.

... and that's why you need to go to church on Sunday

AvE's kinda fallen off the radar of late

(I live in Maine, btw. I thought my 2017 would be easy to separate, but salt belt rust proved me wrong.) I tried this method and every other one I could find on the interweb when replacing both rear bearings on my 2017 Impreza. Nothing worked. The hardened grade bolts I used like this video BENT. I even borrowed a "Hub Buster" from a neighbor. Nope. After spending a whole weekend researching and trying methods that failed, I gave up Sunday afternoon and started to remove the knuckle to take in to my mechanic to press it out. Removing the knuckle took about fifteen minutes. When I had it all loose except for the parking brake cable, I had a thought. I placed the knuckle with the bearing facing down on two jack stands supporting the backing plate. I threaded the long pressing bolts (I had bought extra) through the knuckle and into the bearing from the back side. Then I hit these bolts with my four pound hammer to drive the bearing downward and out of the knuckle. The bearing popped loose on the third hit. I went straight to this when I tackled the other side and had the old bearing out in less than an hour from jacking up the car to ready to install the new bearing.

or a '16 crosstrek 🤦🏻‍♂ I bet the bearings will still separate on those.

Southern Ontario resident here. I just ordered a set and will try on my 15 outback. Going to try on the rears in the next week or so. I did both fronts 2 months ago. Biggest Pita. Only thing that would get them to budge was a 10lb sledge. Tried a bolt then a hub buster. The only result I got was a separated bearing. Then the 10lbs sledge showed up for work. 5 min of angered post setting hits and it budged. After that it was easy. I drove a cold chisel between the spindle and bearing assy. Dropped right out. Definitely not a job if your worried of brute force. I also wish I had big nasty as a backup.

@@joelveilleux98 don't forget lots of anti seize compound on the new one where it interfaces with the knuckle/hub whatever you wanna call it. Makes them easy out the next time around.

@@joelveilleux98 Please report back with your results.

Jersey tool had them in stock today

@@andrewgonyou9903 I'm going to check them out right now

@@bplotts1 Thors are in stock now but definitely sell out fast.