86 8v suspension/wheel bearings/brakes

[jdbubb@ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

Rent the wheel bearing tool. I know Germanautoparts rents it. Makes
replacing the bearings a 1 hour job and there's no running around and at
$25 it's cheaper than paying somebody to press your bearings.
Removing the strut from the car is easy, just two 13mm nuts on top and
the two 17mm camber adjustment bolts on the bottom. Don't have to do the
ball joints.
Dan

scirocco@splatterfish.com wrote:
> 
> All,
>   I'm going to replace the wheel bearings on my brother-in-law's '86
> 8v scirocco this week sometime, along with front struts and brakes.
>   I have a couple of questions:
>   Will a generic "bearing puller" do the trick for extracting the
> bearings from their housings in-car, or will I have to remove them
> and take them to a VW mechanic to have them pressed out and
> back in?
>   What's the best type of tool for separating the ball joints?  Do those
> forks work best, or should I get one of those three-arm bearing/gear
> puller things and use that?
>   Will I need any special tools to remove the strut assemblies on this
> car?  I know on my 16v GTI I need a special tool to remove the top
> strut nut...the scirocco is different though, right?
> 
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