Need help with a Hub

Beatty, Robert BeattyR at ummhc.org
Thu Oct 5 10:13:34 EDT 2000


Its a pressed in bearing so you will have to press out the hub.  When this
happens, the bearing has a 2 piece innner race.  One piece will stay on the
hub, so you will need to take a small punch or good sized flat blade
screwdriver and drive the piece of race off the hub.  Its a pain in the a$$.

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Buss Peter [SMTP:BussP at USFilter.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, October 05, 2000 8:52 AM
> To:	quattro at audifans.com
> Subject:	Need help with a Hub
> 
> I got the strut housing out but I can't get the hub out of the bearing.
> According to Bentley I can't see anything that would prevent the hub from
> sliding out of the wheel bearing. Am I missing something? I need to take
> the
> housings to a shop to have the bearing pressed out and new ones in. I
> don't
> want to pay them to remove the hub if I can help it. Any BTDT, do I need
> to
> use a bigger hammer and punch?
> 
> Thanks for the help,
> Peter Buss
> 87 4kcsq "Wilma" 143K



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