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 sand kombi
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| posted on May 2nd, 2003 at 01:17 AM |
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torque setting for front wheel bearing
Is there a torque setting for the lock nut on the front wheel bearing [the one with the allen key bolt in it] I have been told do up tight then undo
it about 3-5 mm . Would this be about right :beer
MIKE.
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| posted on May 2nd, 2003 at 07:49 AM |
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Sand Kombi
these are not to be Torqued up. Otherwise the wheel bearings will not work correctly. overtightening will cause the bearings to over heat n wear out
quickly.
the washer behind the nut is the key to the tighteness of the nut
The nut should be tightened so that the washer can be mooved slightly using a screw driver on the side of it, then the lock nut or lock screw can be
tightened.
This applies to all cars wheel bearings for that matter not only VWs.
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| posted on May 2nd, 2003 at 02:29 PM |
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Can the car still be on the ground when adjusting the lock nut ,or does wheel have to be off the ground
MIKE.
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| posted on May 2nd, 2003 at 04:01 PM |
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The method I've always used (and my original 1970 bearings now have 248.000 miles on them so I know it works), is, with the wheel OFF the ground,
tighten the large axle nut until the bearings just start to bind (the wheel slows when you try to spin it), then with the wheel still (so the bearings
etc don't move) carefully loosen until the nut until it is actually loose, and then FINGER tighten until it touches the washer and just a bit
more - a firm finger tighten.
Then tighten up the locking nuts and you are done.
This method takes out all the slack in the stack of assembled parts which might be present, by slightly overtightening first. Then the loosening
followed by finger tightening ensures that there is no binding but no slack either.
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| posted on May 2nd, 2003 at 04:41 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by aussiebugmy original 1970 bearings now have 248.000 miles on them so I know it works
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HOLY COW! :o:o:o
Where's a worship smiley when you need it?
I have owned my Baja for about 8yrs, and I reckon I must be on about my 4th set of front wheel bearings. But then the Baja cops a lot of abuse and the
taller tyres put more moment on the bearings.
Actually my bearings only really seem to die when I try to drive across a river and water gets past the seal and also in the bearings caps and into
the bearings, especially on the speedo cable side. :repuke
I tend not to drive through water so much these days, and when I do I clean and repack the bearings. :thumb
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