The hubs are ready to get the races removed. Inner grease seals removed, and hubs cleaned.
Great tips from everyone who chimed in on this thread.
This afternoon, I pulled the inner grease seals. The HarborFreight seal puller tool worked very well. I used clamps (also from Harbor) to secure the hub to workbench. Then the seals came right off. Just a solid tap on the handle and off it went.
Then, it was a few hours of spray, scrub, repeat, rinse, scrub, repeat. For spray, I used PB Blaster, as Seafeye suggested. I thought it worked really well. For rinse/scrub I used Zepp HD Citrus cleaner/degreaser.
I am pretty satisfied w how they turned out, considering the effort I put in. Never set expectation or goal they would turn out like Digitaldgp's turned out. Just wanted them to be rid of all the dust/grease/grime. I can handle them w/o getting my fingers/hands dirty.
You can see on foto #7 below (second to last), there are a few claw marks on the hub (inner side) where the grease seal would sit. I wonder if I was too eager/aggressive with the seal puller tool? Or, maybe it was from previous owner, or servicer --- I was serviced @ the old "Strasse" shop in Newport Beach, CA.
I wonder if I did this with the seal puller tool? Or was it previous owner/shop? It doesn't look like it is a fresh/recent cut.
