[Vwdiesel] Update on Grinding in front of Jetta

[Erik Lane]

I've also seen them installed on the 'upward' side of the engine - right
near that back of the injection pump. That might be easier to do - you'd
probably have to pull the fuel lines, but you wouldn't be crawling around
under the car doing it.


On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 2:13 PM, <lbaird119 at aol.com> wrote:

>
> I did several of those at the dealer and a few since.  Seems like the
> front plug is easier to get to, or else they say to do the front and I
> always did the center, hmmm...
>   Anyway, use an air chissel and pop a light slot into the center of the
> freeze plug.  Then a hammer and screwdriver, then hammer and angle-ended
> pry bar.  Once the bar fits in the slot, pry against the edge of the hole
> and pop it out.  Sometimes goes just that easy, sometimes not but using a
> hammer and chissel tokk the whole two hours alloted.  Using the air chissel
> usually took about 45 minutes from in the door until out the door!  :-)
>   Shop didn't like us using that since we could "knock a hole in the
> block.'  Well, they're pretty resiliant cast iron plus I've yet to hit the
> block or a cylinder.  Just use short bursts once you start to break through.
>   No jacking, little hammering, just coolant dripping down your arm.
>     Loren
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dieseltdi <dieseltdi at verizon.net>
> To: vw fans <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Wed, Nov 27, 2013 2:06 pm
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Update on Grinding in front of Jetta
>
>
> Well I pulled the front spindles off of the Jetta today in preparation of
> giving
> hem to my son so he can take them to his work shop and press the old
> bearings
> ut and put the new bearings in.  My guess that it was the driver front was
> spot
> n.  The spindle has about ¼” of front to back wobble and almost as much
> side to
> ide.  The spindle is so loose in the bearing that I can almost pull it out
> by
> and but I could definitely do it with a few taps of a hammer and an
> ppropriately sized drift.  I will be gone through Sunday afternoon and I am
> oping to get everything back together to drive the car on Monday.  BTW I
> have
> ust been given a KATS block heater, the one that mounts in place of the
> center
> reeze plug and I was wondering how hard this would be to install with the
> ngine in the car.  Obviously I would have to jack the car up pretty high
> and do
> his from below but any other pointers?  Hayden
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