Re: [T3] IRS wheel bearing replacement ?

["matthew jones" <m@t3fj.freeserve.co.uk>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>

Thanks for the reply ...

> > I need to replace the rear wheel bearings on the fastback.
> > I've done fronts, and swing axle beetle rears, but never IRS.
> > I've got the parts - inner race, outer race, 2 oil seals. All well and
> > good. Looking in the Bentley manual there is a lot of stuff about
> > pressing out bonded rubber thingies etc.etc. Do I need to follow _all_
> > the instructions ?
>
> This is one place where I recommend NOT doing it the Bentley
> way. Just do it all while still attached to the car. It's still a lot of
> work, though.

Yes, I was going to leave it all on the car. It was the removal of parts
other than the bearings and seals that I was wondering about. If removed,
are all the other parts re-usable ?
I got my bits from German & Swedish (big UK VW suppliers) and he knew what
the bearing "kit" was - i.e. what I listed above. No mention of any other
bits.

If I do need to do all this, can it be done with standard tools (pullers,
hammers etc.)

> Are you sure that the bearing need to be replaced? They very
> seldom fail.

127k miles on the car. Rumbling from rear which increases when cornering.
Surely not CVs since they don't take the load ?
I'll do the pair since the other must be almost gone too.

> If you do replace them make sure to replace the outer
> one with a roller bearing. A ball bearing there will fail rather quickly.

Yep, one bearing is ball, the other roller.

Cheers,

Matt.

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