[Vwdiesel] Update on Grinding in front of Jetta

[dieseltdi at verizon.net]

Well I pulled the front spindles off of the Jetta today in preparation of giving them to my son so he can take them to his work shop and press the old bearings out and put the new bearings in.  My guess that it was the driver front was spot on.  The spindle has about ¼” of front to back wobble and almost as much side to side.  The spindle is so loose in the bearing that I can almost pull it out by hand but I could definitely do it with a few taps of a hammer and an appropriately sized drift.  I will be gone through Sunday afternoon and I am hoping to get everything back together to drive the car on Monday.  BTW I have just been given a KATS block heater, the one that mounts in place of the center freeze plug and I was wondering how hard this would be to install with the engine in the car.  Obviously I would have to jack the car up pretty high and do this from below but any other pointers?  Hayden

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