[Vwdiesel] Preload on rear bearings

[Nate Wall]

Bower BCA (sp) bearings (w/ races) from the local
jobber run me about $7  ea. or so.

I noticed that even tightened down too tight, I have
some of what I thought was bearing play on the rear
wheels. I can feel play as the wheel is push/pulled at
12 O'Clock. I now have concluded the rear spindle must
be worn a little. Is this thge case?

--Nate

--- Val Christian <val at swamps.roc.ny.us> wrote:
> I subscribe to the "turn the nut finger tight, spin
> the wheel, and finger
> tight again"  then turn incrementally tighter to get
> cotter in.
>
> One rear bearing went on me once, with about
> 220Kmiles on it.  The other
> rear was inspected and just fine.  Thats with 1.5
> million diesel VW miles
> across all my cars.
>
> Oh, on aircraft we tend to not tighten the wheel
> bearings as much.
> Several reasons.  It could include heat cycle
> issues.  The biggest
> reason I've heard is that the hangar queens which
> spend months bouncing
> in tiedowns tend to fret bearings.  They fret less
> when some preload is
> removed.  Dunno where the truth is, though.  I never
> had a wheel bearing
> go on an aircraft.
>
> Val
>
> ps: for wheel bearings, I take the bearing to the
> local bearing shop.
> They generally have the sizes I need, and it's
> usually about 1/2 the
> dealer cost.  Cars, farm equipment, whatever.  Since
> I run into the
> city every day, it's an easy stop.
>
>
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