Front wheel bearing replacement

[Bill Wood]

I used a large socket that was slightly smaller 
than the bearing outter race and an even larger 
socket that was slightly larger than then bearing 
outter race. Remove the axle, fit the smaller 
socket directly on the bearing on the outside, run 
a piece of half inch threaded stock through the 
bearing and the the larger socket, which rides on 
the hub. Run down nuts and washers on both ends. A 
few judicious hammer strokes on the outter end to 
get started and crank down the nuts. 

Sorry, it's early in the morning and I don't have 
the sizes of the sockets (three quarter or one 
inch drive, as I recall) that I used. They are 
available at Sears and the threaded stock, nuts 
and washers are at the local hardware store.


Bill Wood
'86 5ktqcsa
'97 A6qa 12v


rob hod wrote:
     > How tight a fit is the bearing in the housing? 
    - do I
    have
     > a chance of doing this with judicious use of 
    heat, some
     > appropriately sized drifts and a BFH? or is it 
    only
    really
     > doable with a hydraulic press?