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Front Wheel Bearings Revisited



Just finished replacing both bearings on my '87 Jetta. Had to take the=20=

whole assembly off, carefully marking where it was set so that the=20
alignment would be close. Had to pound out the inner hub with a socket=20=

and hammer, on one side the bearing stayed intact, on the other, the=20
bearing broke and I had to cut the inner race off with a Dremel.=20
Borrowed a friends tool, which is basically a screw press (I think he=20
got it from Harbor Freight Tools for $75), to press the bearing out of=20=

the knuckle assembly. Used the screw press to put the new bearing in and=20=

to press the hub into the inner race. What a difference new bearings=20
make. I can now hear myself think at 75 MPH.

jeremy

. On Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at 11:42 PM, Shawn C Meze wrote:

>
> On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 21:18:37 -0800 "Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com>=20
> writes:
>> Wonderful.  I just bought a press to do my front wheel bearings with
>> and it's a 12 ton.......this means my bearings will probably require
> 12.5T
>> to remove them......
>
>
> Naw, they should come off easy. The hard part is geetting the inner=20
> races
> off the hubs. Its not THAT hard. Just bring the hub(s) to my shop and=20=

> ill
> take care of you dude.
>
>
> Shawn M=C8ze
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