[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
Hi Allen! When you have disassembled everything, why not replace the bearings while your at it? According to Dave Hall's teriffic part-swap list you can use: <snip> ---------------------------- Wheel bearings (front): >7/68 front; use T1 66>68 68>; use water-cooled rear (PáÏ] f eg) <end snip>----------------------- ...And they are not that expensive. Check this link: http://www.hallvw.clara.net/partswap.htm Good luck!! /Karl-Olov Sandin -73 Squareback (...been there, too...) > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > FrŒn: Allen Moore [SMTP:concept@compassnet.com] > Skickat: den 2 februari 1999 15.40 > Till: type3@vwtype3.org > €mne: Re: [T3] Wheel Bearing Adjustments > > Yesterday I loosened up the wheel brearing nuts until I got > minimal play on each wheel in all positions after the clamp > nut was tightened. On one wheel I had to back off about 1/2 > a turn and on the other about 3/4 of a turn. > > I am still hoping that I didn't cook the bearings. Sometime > in the near future I will remove them and repack them and will > look for the blueish tell tale tint on them... > > Thanks for you help... > > Allen > > Jim Adney wrote: > > > > On 31 Jan 99, at 20:02, Allen Moore wrote: > > > > > I understood the Bentley as stating to torque the wheel nut > > > to 7 ft lbs and the clamp nut (allen hex) to 29 ft lbs. So > > > this is what I did. > > > > Bentley says: 7 max 9 ft-lbs for the M7 "screw for clamp nut." > > 29 ft lbs is mentioned in a paragraph just above the photo that shows > > the clamp bolt being tightened, but that paragraph is talking about a > > brake caliper bolt, not the wheel bearing adjuster. > > > > Sometimes it is easier to just turn to the back of each chapter where > > there is a torque table for all the things covered in that chapter. > > > > Jim > > - > > ******************************* > > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > > ******************************* > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org