[s-cars] Are Front and Rear Wheel Bearings the Same?

[Tom Green]

I was hoping someone would dispatch this with a short answer, but no  
luck.  The short answer I wanted to see was,
"Yes, Tony, the wheel bearings are identical".  "Both hubs use the  
same 4D0 407 625 E bearing."

Where you have gone astray in your advice Mike, is that neither part  
number you reference is a wheel bearing part #;  They are
wheel bearing kits.  The 498 central number group is the give away.   
These numbers always denote a kit rather than a single part.
This is what the front 4A0 498 625 kit consists of:

http://12v.org/urs/GermanAutoPartsWheelBearingKitParts_rev2.jpg

Probably using Mike's numbers is the way to go Tony, since the kit is  
probably cheaper than the individual parts.


Tom '95 S6
          '95.5 S6 avant
Knoxville, TN

On Monday November 4, 2014, at 3:02 PM, "Mike Sylvester" <mike at urq20v.com 
 >wrote:

> To: "Tony Curran" <tony.curran at sympatico.ca>,
> 	"S-Car-List at Audifans.Com" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Are Front and Rear Wheel Bearings the Same?
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> No, they are not.
>
> Front  4A0498625
> Rear   443498625F
>
> Mike
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [s-cars] Are Front and Rear Wheel Bearings the Same?
>> From: Tony Curran <tony.curran at sympatico.ca>
>> Date: Tue, November 04, 2014 8:28 am
>> To: "S-Car-List at Audifans.Com" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>>
>>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>>
>>
>> I need a front wheel bearing replacement. Other than the need for  
>> securing
>> rings on the rear hub, I'm assuming the actual bearing is the same  
>> as the
>> front.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Tony
>>
>> 96 S6 - with a limp!