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On 16 Oct 2002, at 21:09, Everett Barnes wrote: > Well, I reassembled my ball joints tonight as per list feedback and my shop > manuals specs, the upper one seemed ok. Messed around a little more and I > think I finally figured out the source of the problem - the inner wheel > bearing on my '63 Squareback has been replaced with the wrong one. The > inner diameter is just a bit too large so it is probably moving around when > I drive, causing brake rubbing: Ah-HA! That makes the second one of these I've diagnosed, one from long distance. The first one puzzled me when I was unable to make a good wheel bearing adjustment. > Outer wheel bearing was fine. There has only been one version of that one. No chance for a mistake there. > I noticed the parts book shows the inner wheel bearing as a bearing and a > seal - 2 pieces. My bearing is one piece consisting of both parts, all > solid metal. I think my '65 T34 was 2 pieces so '63s must be the hardcore > old school style. You should really have 3 parts: seal, inner race with rollers attached, and outer race pressed into the drum. I have the bearings, I don't know if the late seals will work there. I've never seen a seal that was combined with a bearing, unless someone found a standard one-piece sealed bearing cartridge that would press into the drum. I'm pretty sure that is NOT original. Was this one assembly with inner and outer races AND seals on both sides? If so, it's probably just a ball bearing, too, and not a tapered roller bearing; definitely a lighter bearing than the one that belongs in there. I think early type 3 seals were a felt seal captured in a metal surround. At least that's what was in the 64 a friend of mine once had. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/