Rear wheel bearing help 16V (kinda long, sorry)

[rhock99 at epix.net (Ryan H)]

Excellent!  Thank you for the quick response Eric, you rock!
Again, thanks to all the others who've helped me with this project.  Almost ready to rock and roll after 6 long and cold months!  If anyone cares, here's a recap:
New pedal assembly (special thanks Dave Ewing!)
H1/H4 headlight conversion (bye bye Dynasty headlights!)
ATE brake rotors, new calipers, SS lines, mintex pads, super blue fluid, new wheel bearings
mp3 player and Infinity speakers
Why'd it take so long?  new job, new place, new car, etc.

> 
> From: "Eric S" <scirocco@vintagewatercooleds.com>
> Date: 2004/04/07 Wed PM 06:14:17 EDT
> To: "Ryan H" <rhock99@epix.net>
> CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Rear wheel bearing help 16V (kinda long, sorry)
> 
> Correct on the race/bearing orientation...and yeah, the synthetic bearing
> grease is kickass.
> 
> -- 
> Eric
> www.vintagewatercooleds.com
> 
> 79 VW Iltis
> 81 Rabbit Truck 2.0 16v
> 81 Scirocco S (TDI Swap project)
> 90 Corrado TDI
> 91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow swap project)
> 
> Ryan H said:
> > OK, got both sets of wheel bearings (inner and outer) for the rear, and I
> > noticed one face (side?) of each bearing is narrow, the other face is
> > wider.  Since the bearing can only go into the races narrow face first,
> > I'm going to assume that the bearings, when in place, will both have the
> > narrow side facing the *middle* of the disc.  Kinda like this:
> >>  ||  <        where the lines represent the disc, carrots the bearings.
> >> If so, how do the bearings actually stay in place?  ...mystical bearing
> >> physics? ;)  I don't wanna accidentally tap the races in backwards,
> >> that wouldn't be cool at all.
> > Also, I bought some synthetic grease from Mobil One, since I trust their
> > fluids (ewww!).  It's pink!  And it doesn't have a smell!  Anyone know of
> > any issue using this stuff?  It better be good at 2 dollars more than the
> > next most expensive.
> > Thanks, and if you could reply to my email I'd appreciate it - I'm
> > archived, but I wanna get the bearings done tonight.  Thanks all who've
> > helped!!!
> >
> >
> >
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I'll fix my car, even if I have to replace every part in it... and since the problem will be the last part I replace, I'll have a brand new car when I'm done!
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88 Tornado Red 16V
04 Dodge SRT-4