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Date:         Tue, 21 Jan 1997 13:07:36 -0500 (EST)
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From:         Cetin  Seren <cseren@fore.com>
Subject:      Re: wheel bearings for '82 diesel westy

Tim Smith writes:

> This would be nice in Coyotes FAQ, if you wrote it up...;) tim >

sure.. (Eric Zeno sent me this tip...) The removal of the wheel bearings themselves are for the most part easy -- by the time you realize you need to replace them, your vanagon is running on ball bearings made of dust and grease stuck between two sets of races :-)

Between 80-83 inclusive, there are two bearings per side. The inner and the outer bearings. most of the parts come off very easily. The trouble is the outer races of the two bearings. In these models, they are a tight fit to the inside of the disk brake rotor (the disk brake rotor and the wheel hub is one single piece of cast steel -- quite heavy, too...).

At first glance, these races look impossible to get out and make one wonder if VW had its master plan of making its customers buy at least one speciallized tool per task in mind when they designed these... After you clean the inner side of the brake rotor/hub, you see a two pairs of notches: a pair per bearing race. They are accessible from the _opposite_ side of whichever side the bearing race sits at. I found a sturdy enough chisel that was not too fat (so it could fit through the hub opening from the _opposite_ side and still seat firmly against the top of the bearing race). The notches on the inner wall of the hub/rotor allow one to seat the chisel firmly against the top of the bearing race. _Very_ patiently, I tapped out the two bearing races with a 1-pound hammer. The whole thing took me about 2 hours, mainly because I was afraid to damage the rotor, and both races came out eventually. My wife was surprised that I emerged from the garage with no bruised, black & blue digits -- it's not typical...

Hope this helps someone.... Cetin

Cetin Seren Outbound Technology Group phone: 412-635-3479 FORE Systems, Inc. web: www.fore.com 5800 Corporate Drive fax: 412-635-3350 Pittsburgh, PA 15237 e-mail: cseren@fore.com


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