Yeah, now that I think about it, I've done the front with no press. How can you do it with the bearing housing still on the van? Some sort of puller? Thanks for any further tips on this. Edward At 11:43 PM 4/2/2012, Dennis Haynes wrote: >If you can replace the housing you can change the bearings. With a little >imagination a press is not needed. In fact you can do this with the bearing >housing in place. > >Dennis > >-----Original Message----- >From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of >Edward Maglott >Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 9:42 PM >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Rear Wheel Bearing Options > >Mine are getting noisy after many years and 215k miles in the 86 van. I was >wondering if any list vendors or mechanics will sell the rear wheel bearing >housing with new bearings and seals in it on an exchange basis? With all >the pressing involved, this seems like a good idea for a service to offer. > >Edward |
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