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A couple of other tweaks in case they help anyone.

A nice improvement on an old approach is cutting a notch in the old races so that when you use them to drive in the new ones they can’t get stuck. (h/t aircooled weekly maintenance for that one)

Next thing is a brake line plug. Elevate the line when you disconnect it and pop one of these in and you’ll only need to bleed that one corner, and have no mess to deal with.
This one is an EMPI part number but it’s M10 x 1.0 bubble flare. (#18-1103-0)

Second is using a steering column bearing tool to pull out the outer race. Works great, nice and gentle. Lots of different ones online, not expensive at all.

Finally, if you are going to do seals more than once, it’s worth getting the tool for pulling them out. Makes it a 10 second thing. A Lisle 56750 is around $14.

JM2C, YMMV



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