[V8] Wheel bearings

[NIck Miller]

Well, they do become inservicable (so I figure) after you install them.
However, its really quite simple and reversable to do this before you
install the bearings.  I believe the issue comes that when you press them
in, to get them out again you ruin the inner race.

Either way, using a dental pick or incredibly small (glasses/comptuer) flat
head screw driver, you just get under the lip of the seal, run it around,
and lift gently.   There are two seals per side of the bearing.

Then, you just add in grease.  I was, as I mentioned, blown away by how
little there is in there.  The bearing housing has no grease, its just the
balls and thier retainers that are just barely coated in some crummy stuff.
I easily added 5-6times what was in each bearing.

I highly recommend doing this to anyone who has to replace any wheel bearing
on any make, I recently found that even the Spec Miata guys do this on Mazda
Miata's through 05.  Which is on my to do list this week..
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 5:55 PM, <str8ightface at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Last I knew a new wheel bearing is pressed in as a whole,not servicable .
> Sounds like u serviced it,did the seals go back on as if u never touched
> them,because most likely they wheel fail prematurely.
> Jack
> 91 V8 auto(pearl white) 4 Sale
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