[Vwdiesel] 81 Rabbit - rear wheel bearings

[B & R Decker]

Hi Roger & Rolf;
	I have been buying bearings and seals for cars, trucks and trailers
and I have never in 55 years been sold or offered a cap when I bought
bearings. I'm sure they are available ( bearing-buddies are available for
boat trailers )perhaps my lack of knowledge on the availability of stock
caps is because I never asked for one.
	Rolf if you email me your postal address I will send you one
tomorrow and you can pay me back what my postage was.
Brian Decker
Western Washington

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of Roger Brown
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 6:00 PM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 81 Rabbit - rear wheel bearings

Rolf Pechukas wrote:
> hey all
> so my son and I tightened up the rear bearings this weekend
> (they were both loose - although this did not entirely cure the clunk  
> (I think still something needs attention in front pass side susp), OR  
> remove all the play in the bearing
> BTW, they say in Haynes no tighter than you can move the washer with  
> the tip of a screwdriver - although I found that *slightly* tighter  
> did remover the play in the wheel - I am assuming this will wear the  
> bearings more quickly, but since I plan to replace the bearing in the  
> next week or so, will this really be a problem?
> 
> also: although we replaced both caps carefully and seated them fully,  
> we somehow managed to lose one in the snow and salt and sand and  
> potholes up in ski country
> anyone have a spare?
> or know where we can order them?
> and what we might use to protect the bearing in the meantime??

You usually get a new cap with the wheel bearing kit.  Another option is to
cut out a 
piece of plastic or similar material to the diameter of the cap and then
glue it over the 
end of the hub.

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   Roger
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