[Vwdiesel] Front wheel Bearings. on Rabbits.

[H .Hagar]

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If you say drivers side !!!   tell us where you are   EH    Mark Shepherd ?=
.Some places are ass backwards in this world.
Why is one lousy bearing so expensive ? ---because it is  very precisely ma=
de to get the "PRELOAD" right. We have no way of setting preload like we ha=
ve on  "Yankee invented Timken's"
Do we need a PRESS ? to install ---NO. ---but it is nicer. Freeze bearing a=
nd heat  Hub.----then it slips right on with a BIG hammer. Can a bearing be=
 removed --inspected and reinstalled ---absolutely.It is tricky so you may =
have to try a couple.Why would Hagar do it ? ---because he installed a bear=
ing on the "Rustbucket" ---then needed it on the transportation -temp."Rust=
y?" 1980 Rabbit  ---salted ----then moved it to Temp    1982 Rabbit. On ins=
tallation Hagar used moocho Zincrich compound on Hub. That made it easy to =
remove. When remowing FREEZE ---then heat hub. No hammering here. No press =
? --use a bottlejack.      Hagar.

Ps: Use lots of compound on spline.
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