Wheel bearing issue!!!

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MP5, 2002, classic red
Needed to change my wheel bearings in the rear of my 02 MP5.
But when I was taking one of them off, the back part of the bearing got stuck onto the spindle (or axle). Meaning, the whole hub did come off but the back part got stuck and I cant get it off. Any suggestions would be appreciated. It's the shiny part in the pic.

Stuck bearing.jpg
 
There should be a little, tiny lip on the frontmost part of the bearing, so get yourself a REALLY hardcore three finger puller that can lock (Sears sells them, and they're about $70 for a puller that will work really well.) Get it around the lip, tighten the fingers down, tighten down the arm locking mechanisms, then crank down the puller, and spray some PB Blaster at the gaps of the race (that's what that is, by the way; the rear bearing race.) It should pull it off quite handily.

I've done this on two VW's and my Protege, now. =) Stupid rear races.
 

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