There is no reason the rear wheel bearing can't be done with the housing left on the van. After removing the drive axle there is plenty of room. You want some good tools including a "Dead Blow" hammer, some good flat punches, and some pipe or sleeve material so you use the nut to pull the shaft into the new bearings. A large drift punch and hammer will get the bearings out of the housing. You will also need a large internal snap ring plier to deal with that ring on the inner bearing. Not counting the CV joints should take about an hour to change the bearings and seals each side. If you do get the urge to remove the housing consider new bolts and use Loctite. Torque to spec. It is not a good day when those bolts loosen. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Jim Felder Sent: Monday, February 3, 2014 6:34 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Rear wheel bearings I know it's in BTDT, I'm looking at the Bentley, and have Bell's excellent writeup to go by. But rear wheel bearings are still the last charted Vanagon territory for me. But, I'm about to have to do it. So, the deal is, you mightily chock the wheels, cheat the nut off, and then you can pull the hub off? Then the brakes and backing plates come off, and then what? Is Bell showing that you don't have to pull the stub axle out until it's on the bench. As usual, I could figure this out eventually, but I like to know in advance. Thanks, Jim |
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