Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 11:29:55 -0400
Reply-To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: List Wisdom - DIY rear bearings...
In-Reply-To: <38d7dc29-8d1b-5138-ec66-55bd8248be5c@williamsitconsulting.com>
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Regarding CV bolts, this would be a good time to upgrade to the 12-point "triple square" bolts.
Stephen
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> On Apr 16, 2017, at 11:17 AM, Steve Williams <steve@WILLIAMSITCONSULTING.COM> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Luckily (or unlucky)? the problem started with the axle nut not staying
> tight so I don't have the problem of trying to get the axle nut off! lol.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion about the CV bots. I would not have thought
> of that until I had wrecked one of them!
>
> Did you do it with the bearing housing on the vehicle?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve W.
>
>> On 16/04/2017 7:52 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
>> tbe job is difficult but not complicated. Have some extra cv bolts
>> on hand, and I had an extre axle nut.. it's now aboard as a spare.
>> the forces are BIG! We had my van raised on jackstands under the
>> back jackpoints when we tried to deal with the axle nut. With a
>> socket and a 6' jack handle as a cheater bar we were bouncing the
>> front wheels off the ground with two people on the cheater bar on the
>> right side axle nut, and it still wouldn't budge.
>> I've got the other side rumbling now😐
>>
>> On Apr 15, 2017 9:06 PM, "Steve Williams"
>> <steve@williamsitconsulting.com
>> <mailto:steve@williamsitconsulting.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have determined that I need to repack at a minimum, more than likely
>> put new bearings & spacer in the rear passenger side of my 91 Westy.
>>
>> I watched a step by step on The Samba (
>> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=670910&highlight=bearing+spacer
>> <https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=670910&highlight=bearing+spacer>
>> )
>> In this "step by step", the person had the bearing housing removed
>> from
>> the vehicle. Looking at my vehicle, it looks like that would require
>> removing the backing plate which would require disconnecting the brake
>> lines, etc.
>>
>> I also watched a video (
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pDzWH0GebQ&ab_channel=ThomasEXOVCDS
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pDzWH0GebQ&ab_channel=ThomasEXOVCDS>
>> ).
>> In the video, he did the bearing job with the bearing housing "in
>> place", working from the back. I don't have a hoist, so I'd be
>> doing it
>> on a crawler laying on my back.
>>
>> Nothing I saw in either scared me too much. But the devil is in the
>> rusted fastners! lol.
>>
>> I could pay for a shop to do this, but this is something I fell pretty
>> comfortable with. I've been doing my own wheel bearings, brakes,
>> basic
>> maintenance on all my vehicles all my life.
>>
>> Am I opening a can of worms trying to do this on my own?
>>
>> It looks like I'd have to buy some long drifts, and not sure how
>> I'd pop
>> the grease seal out if I do it "in place". It looks like a long
>> reach,
>> though if I'm replacing the seal, I could just punch it out from the
>> outside of the vehicle.
>>
>> What is the "list wisdom" of a DIY rear wheel bearing grease? Any bad
>> gotcha's?
>>
>> I'd likely dive in the CV joints at the same time give that I'd
>> have the
>> shaft out anyway.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Steve Williams
>>
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