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| 914guy |
 Jun 9 2003, 03:08 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 11-April 03 From: Fairfax VA Member No.: 561  |
Does anyone have a procedure to grease the wheel bearings? Does it involve removing the caliper, or is there a way to work around having to do that?
Thanks, ~Eric |
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| Part Pricer |
Jun 30 2003, 08:06 AM
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Believe everything I post Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,825 Joined: 28-December 02 From: Danbury, CT Member No.: 35  |
You thought you were confused before...we're just getting started.
Timo is right, the race is the outer ring of the bearing. This is the part that gets seating into the rotor. Can you do it yourself? Sure, with the proper tools and patience. If you look in the Haynes manual, it tells you to install the races using a "soft drift". When I read that I thought, "WTF is a drift and where do I find a soft one?" Well, when Chris and I did my bearings, he had a piece of aluminium pipe that was the same size as the race. The idea is that you want to use something that is softer than the race to push it into place so that you don't damage the race itself. A couple of smacks on the aluminum pipe with a mallet and the race was in place. If you've got a shop nearby, it might be worth a couple of bucks to take the rotors and races to them to have them pressed in. You could probably just go around to the side door with a six-pack in hand and get them done real quickly. |
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Posts in this topic
914guy Grease wheel bearings Jun 9 2003, 03:08 PM
Mueller You can only service the smaller outer bearing if ... Jun 9 2003, 03:24 PM Lawrence914-6 A guy nicknamed as Dirty Dan used to sell some ver... Jun 9 2003, 04:47 PM Bleyseng Take everything apart and clean all the old grease... Jun 9 2003, 05:08 PM Lawrence914-6 Like the new smilies, Geoff? :toke: Jun 9 2003, 05:09 PM MarkV :bootyshake: Jun 9 2003, 05:17 PM Lawrence914-6 Mark,
That one is special for Zois. :toke: Jun 9 2003, 05:22 PM Bleyseng Yeah :stones: , I just saw them!
:lol3: geoff Jun 9 2003, 05:27 PM Aaron Cox when i did new rotors, i bough new bearings from F... Jun 9 2003, 05:28 PM tod914 what exactley are races? I understand they are in... Jun 30 2003, 07:33 AM 914Timo QUOTE
tod914 That makes alittle more sence. I was confused whe... Jun 30 2003, 07:52 AM ArtechnikA <... Jun 30 2003, 06:15 PM tryan leslie tools makes a pretty cool aparatus for grea... Jul 1 2003, 07:33 AM cgnj QUOTE
tod914 Does he still have that green 6 sitting in his gar... Jul 1 2003, 08:11 AM cgnj Tod,
That's the car that being prepped.
Carl... Jul 1 2003, 06:24 PM GWN7 When repacking bearings, take them out, wipe off t... Jul 2 2003, 12:30 PM tod914 what is that device that the bearing packer attach... Jul 2 2003, 04:30 PM Aaron Cox a grease gun Jul 2 2003, 04:35 PM
tryan i have one of those tools, but still prefer the pa... Jul 2 2003, 04:48 PM |
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