Repack wheel bearings? [4ksq]

[Roa, Greg]

As was stated before, there are no bearings that you can repack.  The wheel bearings are pressed into the strut housing, and the hub pressed into the bearing.  You'll have a difficult time doing this without a press, unless you have a special tool setup.
Even if you have a press, you need to make sure that you have the proper sized mandrels as well as a set of press plates.  You have to have pretty accurately sized mandrels in order to only press on the bearing race, and not destroy the bearing.
I don't know what area of Cincinnati/Dayton you are in, but I took mine up to Northland Porsche/Audi, as I have a friend who works there.  They have the proper sizes of course, but I don't know how much they would charge.  The other thing you could do is to find a Napa type store with guys you trust, who will do it.  They usually have presses, and a wide variety of mandrels.  You just have to make sure that the guys know what they are doing.
BTW, front bearing kits were about $38ea from TPC

Good Luck Bob!

Greg Roa
Cincinnati, OH
86' 4kcsq (Just got all new bearings, bushings tie rods, ball joints, ect, but no wheels still)
93' 90 CS (Still in some guy's driveway in Columbus)
83' 944 (Making the 1 hour commute to work)

>From: "Bob H." <rjh_tsi at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: bob at hodgeman.org
>Subject: Repack wheel bearings? [4ksq]
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>
>Okay, I got the front struts off of my '85 4ksq and replaced the
>cartridges.  Before I put them back on, it occurred to me that I might
>want to repack the wheel bearings while the assembly is off the car.
>
>Is this something I can tackle myself (with loaned tools from Autozone of
>course)?  Or does someone know of a shop in the Cincinnati/Dayton Ohio
>area where I could walk in with four (rears are next) strut housing/hub
>assemblies and have the bearings repacked/replaced?
>
>I'd much prefer to do the work myself, but am not sure what tools/supplies
>I'm going to need (besides grease, duh ;-).  I've got the Haynes, but not
>the Bentley.
>
>Thanks.
>
>-Bob Hodgeman
> '85 4ksq beater (gettin' ready for winter!)
>
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