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Date:         Wed, 22 Jul 1998 12:22:39 -0700
Reply-To:     Dave Bayer <bayer@SYBASE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Bayer <bayer@SYBASE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Syncro wheel bearing play?
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com

>| Here we go again! Play is not a problem. Unless it is exseccive,
>| and I mean falling off. Wheel bearings are designed with play because
>| they heat as the vehicle is driven. Once heated the play "should" be
>| minumal.  This heating causes the grease to melt and lube the bearing.
>| Unless the bearing in noisy or rough sounding I would not touch it.


        Well, except that was the play increases, you may lose the grease
(or in my case after driving through floor board deep standing water, wash
the grease away). If you lose the grease, the bearings will etch a groove into
the stub axle which is much more of a pain and much more costly to replace...
I believe the manual has specs for play and I also believe they are not
"falling off".


dave
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