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Date:         Wed, 28 Jun 95 9:21:38 MDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Ken Gee <gee@col.hp.com>
Subject:      Re: My rear wheel ...

Stuart Hutton writes:

> Yesterday, I found that I had not tightened the rear wheel nut enough on > my vanagon. I have corrected this particular problem, but I need to ask, > what will happen from this? I have only driven it about 2000 miles or so > since that, but I am kind-of concerned that maybe I got excessive wear > on my wheel bearings. Can anyone out there give me an idea of what I might > hear in the initial stages of a rear wheel bearing going bad? > > Also, if you happen to do your cv joints, be sure that you are positive the > snap rings holding cv joints to the axels are on good. I found that one > of mine had come off yesterday. > > Stuart Hutton > I am currently replacing the right rear wheel bearings on my 84 Westphalia. The first sign I got was a growling noise last Saturday when I put on the brakes. By the end of the day it was there all the time, but varied going around corners or accelerating. I jacked up the back of the van and could rock the right rear wheel back and forth. The axle nut was pretty loose--not the 350 ft/lbs recomended torque. The last people to take off the axle nut was Midas Muffler to do the brakes. From the look of the axle nut, I would say they used a pipe wrench on it. I would not go back there again. Getting the wheel bearings out is pretty easy. The outer bearing is a straight roller thats pretty tightly pressed into the housing. I may have to take the housing to a machine shop to get it pressed in. Anyone have any experience replacing those bearings?

Ken Gee


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