Date:         Thu, 6 Jun 2013 12:41:53 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Wheel bearings
Comments: To: raceingcajun <raceingcajun@communicomm.com>
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If you have not done the front job before, there's still not a whole lot
you need to know. If you are replacing rotors as well, you'll be tapping in
the bearing races, greasing up the bearings well, and pushing a seal into
place on each side. Someone has already mentioned about being able to push
the washer around when done.

Get some good grease like amsoil purple and you're done for a long time.

Jim


On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 12:30 PM, raceingcajun
<raceingcajun@communicomm.com>wrote:

> Hello Rory,
>
> The R & R is pretty standard stuff here, everything clean, new race's
> seated
> squarely, repacked with a good quality wheel bearing grease. and most of
> all
> .......DO NOT USE "CHINESE" BEARINGS. This is one place where made in USA
> is
> very important! The Chinese bearings just wont last.
>    Torque the nut until you can just move the washer with a screw driver.
> Drive a few days and recheck torque! By the way the Bentley has a spec for
> the torque, so refer to it if you have a Bentley, and if you don't have
> one.......WHY NOT? :^)
>
> Howard
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rory Bogar" <Bojeeze@YAHOO.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 12:16 PM
> Subject: Wheel bearings
>
>
> Just purchased inner and outer bearings and seals all 'round for my  '90
> .This will be my first  Vanagon R&R, does anyone have input as far as
> anything I should be looking out for or trouble spots that you've ran into
> in the past? Thanks
>
> Rory
> '90 Vanagon
> '87 Vanagon
>
> Sent from my iPhone=
>