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On my '37 1.5T I am pulling the front wheels apart. I would like to take the backing plate off, clean it up and paint it, but it appears to be stuck. It looks like somebody tried to remove the bearing races at some point with a chisel and mangled the metal behind the bearing. The race itself does not appear damaged, but the backing plate seems stuck on the shoulder.

Question. Is that backing plate suppose to slip off over the bearing race or do I need to remove the race first?
I am inclined to dremel the mangled metal but only if the backing plate is meant to come off over the race. Otherwise I will leave it until later.

Hy EricJ, I'm not sure if the backing plate should come off over the bearing or not, but I do know that you will have to remove that bearing race sooner or later, and clean up the damage. After you do that the backing plate should come off, it may be rusted into place.

I didn't thank you properly 3B for you advice. Sometimes the difference between knowing what you should do and doing it, is a swift kick in the pants.

The backing plate was indeed rusted into place. Should have come off much easier. I was able to wedge some small screwdrivers in behind the race and work it far enough out to put a puller on it. The shoulder was gouged pretty bad but cleaned up good.
I never did look to see if the backing plate could have gone over the race.
Anyways thanks for the help.

Hy EricJ, you're welcome, keep up the good work, and Merry Christmas.