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| RKramden |
 Aug 12 2025, 05:03 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 26-October 19 From: So. California Member No.: 23,589 Region Association: Southern California  |
Finally putting the rear suspension back together and have noticed some play in both hubs. Not in and out, but more like rocking back and forth, side to side. Before I go any further, is this normal and will it go away when the axle hub is torqued down? BTW, these are new bearing, and seem to be seated all the way with the retainers installed. Any insight will be greatly appreciated
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| porschetub |
Aug 13 2025, 04:25 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,906 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(RKramden @ Aug 13 2025, 11:03 AM)  Finally putting the rear suspension back together and have noticed some play in both hubs. Not in and out, but more like rocking back and forth, side to side. Before I go any further, is this normal and will it go away when the axle hub is torqued down? BTW, these are new bearing, and seem to be seated all the way with the retainers installed. Any insight will be greatly appreciated Yep must be torqued up to the correct value as mentioned ,were the bearing a good tight fit in the trailing arms ? seem to remember reading on here there were some that some were undersize on the O.D. of 75mm but don't remember what brand they were . Cheers . |
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RKramden Wheel hub Aug 12 2025, 05:03 PM
sixnotfour needs CV stubs to be torqued to be correct.. Aug 12 2025, 06:55 PM 914Sixer ALL bearings are NOT created equal. Did write up ... Aug 13 2025, 07:20 PM RKramden Bearing was FAG from 914 Rubber, and went in tight... Aug 13 2025, 09:45 PM 914Sixer Did you roll the car around with the stub axle out... Aug 14 2025, 05:45 AM
RKramden Has not moved since bearings replaced. Aug 14 2025, 09:11 PM |
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