Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 07:15:13 -0700
Reply-To: Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
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From: Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Subject: Re: Rear Wheel Bearing Nightmare!
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I just went through the rear assemblies myself including doing the rear
brakes and wheel cylinders and new CV joints and boots and rear bearings.
ken's prices are much in line with what I paid at the local flaps. Biggest
headache was getting the snap ring out of the inner bearing housing
...then I woke up and realized 4 bolts(was lucky to have previously
purchased a 22 mm socket) on the outside of the housing gave you excellent
access to the housing on the work bench instead of going through the cubby
hole from hell mounted on the vehicle DOH!!!! That's what I get for using
previous experience on my 79 Bus and applying it to the 90. All's quiet on
the rear front now
Dimwitted moose and Flying Squirrel
-----Original Message-----
From: KENWILFY@aol.com <KENWILFY@aol.com>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Saturday, April 22, 2000 3:01 PM
Subject: Rear Wheel Bearing Nightmare!
>Getting ready for my trip to PA next weekend (see other post) I really
wanted
>to fix whatever this noise was that had been coming from the back of my van
>for a while. I only noticed it when I replaced the rusted out muffler. It
>was a "Wub, wub, wub" noise that got louder as you went down the highway.
At
>first it was faint, but as time went on it got louder. I thought it was
the
>CV joints and when we were down south I pumped these full of CV grease.
>Didn't seem to help.
>Finally a month ago I started getting this squeaking noise whenever I would
>take off from a standing start and then the other noise as I went faster.
>I would also notice a clicking noise when I would stop the van and it
really
>sounded like CV joints.
>
>Anyway I decided that it had to be the rear wheel bearing on the passenger
>side (it seems like these go bad first for some reason). Removing this
rear
>hub is not easy and I kept putting it off until last week.
>
>When I finally did remove the rear hub assembly here is what I found:
>Loose axle nut (probably because of bad bearing)
>Splines that hold inner and outter hub together were worn so that the hub
>would wobble back and forth.
>
>The only way to fix this was to replace the entire hub assembly with a
good,
>used one! I had a spare one ready to go (I had a bad feeling this might be
>the problem so I was prepared) so we changed out the bearings (not for the
>faint of heart and you will need a press or something to get that outter
>bearing out), repacked it with grease and now she is as quiet as you
please.
>
>My advice on this one:
>When the rear starts making a noise, that is the time to stop and replace
the
>bearings. If you let it go too long you are going to wind up wrecking the
>whole rear hub assembly and that really stinks. If you put the assembly
back
>together worn you will still get noises, and it will probably lead to
>problems down the road.
>
>The parts needed to replace the rear wheel bearings on one side are:
>2- Rear Axle Seals PN 211501317 ($1 each)
>1- Inner Bearing- PN 211501287- $16
>1- Outter Bearing w/race- PN 211501283D- $25
>1- Container of All Purpose Grease
>You will also need to unhook the CV axle from the assembly so it might be a
>good time to repack these as well.
>
>Have fun and try not to get greasy.
>
>Thanks,
>Ken Wilford
>http://www.vanagain.com
>John 3:16
>Phone: (856)-765-1583
>Shop: (856)-327-0027
>Fax: (856)-327-2242
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