Wheel bearing? Prob'ly, but...

[kkrup62 at hotmail.com (Karl Krupke)]

I have to disagree. Sounds nice in principle, but "disconnect the tie rods 
from the hub carriers, disconnect the balljoints... remove the upper strut 
bearing nuts" means you've changed three locations, any of which can affect 
alignment, which is specified in minutes of angle (1 minute ["] = 1/60 of a 
degree).
    It doesn't take much to throw off alignment, and I doubt you can be 100% 
sure that components are reinstalled exactly to their original locations. An 
alignment check at a good shop is cheap insurance.

Karl

>From: "Jim Ruffi" <sciroccos@earthlink.net>
>To: "Karl Krupke" 
><kkrup62@hotmail.com>,<julie@menloparkrandd.com>,<amalventano1@tds.net>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: RE: Wheel bearing? Prob'ly, but...
>Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 22:08:39 -0400
>
>You don't have to realign after replacing wheel bearings.  Remove the axle
>nuts, disconnect the tie rods from the hub carriers, disconnect the ball
>joints, pull the calipers and wire them up, remove the upper strut bearing
>nuts and pull the whole assembly.  A bit more difficult to work with on the
>press, but nice to do without worrying about alignment.  A good bit easier
>if you remove the springs, as well.
>
>Jim
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Karl Krupke [mailto:kkrup62@hotmail.com]
> >Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 9:01 PM
> >To: julie@menloparkrandd.com; amalventano1@tds.net;
> >scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Subject: Re: Wheel bearing? Prob'ly, but...
> >
> >>    It'd suck to do bearings and still have noise (though I agree, do 
>both
> >at the same time. Not that much more trouble, and you only have to 
>realign
> >one time).
> >
> >Karl
> >
>