Wheel bearing question...

[rapieper@yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

I wire brush the circlips and grooves they fit into and reuse them.  Have not had a failure.  

AFA the nuts...I HAVE seen them loosen, but if you wirebrush everything and clean with brake
cleaner, let dry, loctite, and get them ape-tight (and I mean big-ass-ape-tight, like
all-your-weight-on-a-4-foot-cheater-bar-tight), you'll probably be OK.  Just depends on the
nuts...and how sure you want to be...

Ron


--- Allyn <amalventano@sc.rr.com> wrote:
> larry, c'mon man, you dont replace all the bolts with new ones when you rotate your tires, do
> ya?
> we're talking about 2 circlips here, and that huge center nut. they want like another $20 for
> said items. $40 on 4 circlips and 2 nuts is a bit extreme, dontcha think?
> Al
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: L F 
>   To: Ryan H ; scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
>   Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 11:39 PM
>   Subject: Re: Wheel bearing question...
> 
> 
>   (omit) (omit) (omit)  I would think all new hardware would be a good idea.....
> 
>   Larry
>   sandiego16v
>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>     From: Ryan H 
>     To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
>     Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 8:01 PM
>     Subject: Wheel bearing question...
> 
> 
>     I have to replace both of my front wheel bearings (16V), do I need to buy the wheel bearing
> kit, which includes the circlips and one or two nuts - or can I get just the wheel bearing (no
> clips/nuts) and reuse the other parts?  The bearing alone is considerably cheaper than the kit.
> 
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