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>From: "Gregory M. Merritt" <gregm@engin.umich.edu>
> one of the right rear wheel bearings on my squareback seems to be
>shot--when I spin the hub around (wheel & drum removed) it makes a
>terrible scraping sound and would even kind of bind in places (ack!). I
>got a set of inner & outer bearings & seals, and I'll be replacing them
>in a couple of days. Does anybody have any suggestions? I've never done
>rear bearings before. I do have Bentley & Haynes, naturally; doesn't
>look too bad.
You need an 8 mm XZN wrench (12 point star) to get the CV joints off. Don't
try to get away with an allen wrench. Use the 1-7/16" (46 mm) socket to get
the hub off. Everything else is pretty straightforward. You may need to
pound on the axle to get it out--use a soft hammer or a block of wood to
prevent mushrooming the threads.
> Also, the squareback has a bit of rear-end sag; looks like having
>things apart enough to do the bearings would be a good time to jack the
>rear end back up? Or should I just save it for another day?
These are two separate tasks, both pretty big, but resetting the torsion
bars is the bigger job.
Jim
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