Frank, Why do you replace bearing spacer? They don't wear. Leon 85 Subwagen
> Steve, I just did two Vanagon rear wheel bearing changes this week ! NO > washers ! Bentley is giving out false information ---- AGAIN ! Don't > forget to change the bearing spacer, available only from your friendly > neighbourhood VW dealer at an exorbitant price but absolutely necessary > to do this job right. Use good quality wheel bearing grease packed in > well. AND, torque the axle nut to spec with the vehicle on the ground ! > USE anti-seize on the threads and if you R&R this nut at least once a > year from now on you will never have a problem with the rear wheel > bearings again. If the interface surfaces of the nut and hub are not flat > make them so. If the nut is buggered up replace it. > > Cheers > > Frank Condelli > Almonte, Ontario, Canada > <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm">BusFusion</A> a VW > Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 12 ~ 15, 2003 > '87 Westy & Lionel Trains > Member: <A HREF="http://www.vanagon.com/">Vanagon List</A>, <A > HREF="http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/">LiMBO</A>, <A > HREF="http://www.westfalia.qc.ca/">IWCCC</A> & <A > HREF="http://www.ccvwc.ca/">CCVWC</A> Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service > in the Ottawa Valley > <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm">STEBRO/Vanagon > Stainless Steel Mufflers</A> > <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html">Frank Condelli & > Associates</A> or http://frankcondelli.com > > > >
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