Fw: Repack wheel bearings? [4ksq]

[Duncan Wood]

> > Subject: RE: Repack wheel bearings? [4ksq]
> > Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 09:25:37 -0500
> > From: "Roa, Greg" <Greg.Roa at Cinergy.COM>
> > To: <quattro at audifans.com>, <rjh_tsi at yahoo.com>
> >
> > 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
> y=
> > ou have a special tool setup.
> > Even if you have a press, you need to make sure that you have the proper
> si=
> > zed mandrels as well as a set of press plates.  You have to have pretty
> acc=
> > urately sized mandrels in order to only press on the bearing race, and
not
> =
> > destroy the bearing.
>
> The old bearing slightly modded with a ginder makes a very convenient
> mandrell for refitting & the standard stepped mandrel will get the old
> bearing out. (It may take more than 10 tonnes though to get it started.
The
> BFH solves this)
>
> > 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
> t=
> > he proper sizes of course, but I don't know how much they would charge.
> Th=
> > e 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
> mandrel=
> > s=2E  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!
>
>