wheel bearing stuck need help...

Hooray I am at work.

So here is the story. On sunday morning I replaced the bearings on the front wheels. Replaced the races and packed the bearings. Put it all back together. Overtightened the nut and did not back it off.

Drove it for 30 miles and stopped at a gas station for a few and then continued driving for another 10-15 miles or so. Heard a loud pop or squeel (Cant exactly remember the sound) and the car jerked to the right sharply. I regained control and pulled over to the side of the road to inspect the bearings. Both dust caps where gone, metal flakes all over the place, grease was pretty much burned out and what little was left was black and mostly on the outside of the wheel. Called a tow truck and towed it to my girlfriends house that was a few more miles down the road.

By the time I was able to get replacement parts and the tools needed to do the job it was well after 9pm.

Woke up monday morning and started working on the car. The passanger side took 30 minutes to fix. Bearing was self welded to the spindle so i cut and hammered off the majority of it. Used a dremmel and smoothed down the spindle so the new bearing would slide back on. All back together and also backed the nut off :cheers:

The drivers side was a different story. The bearing failed but stayed mostly intact and held the hub onto the spindle. I pounded and pulled and used every manner of tool I had to try and pry them apart. Ended up renting a hub puller (thanks to you guys) and with some elbow grease it came off. This spindle had a slight groove cut into it all the way around. I smoothed it out as best I could trying not to change the spindle. 7 hours of work on one tire and its all fixed up now.

This is obviously a temp fix and I learned a good lesson haha. I should have a new car in the next couple of weeks and can retire this one to the driveway for a while.

Thank you all for the help and the suggestions.