Re: Lost a wheel bearing after 1 week

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <19990803195331.5376.rocketmail@web1003.mail.yahoo.com> Andrew Finney writes:

> Tim, I've had this problem a number of times before on
> my UrQ and my old Coupe. Recently on my UrQ. What can
> happen is that the hub becomes slightly undersized
> from pushing it on and then it rotates inside one of
> the two inner races. It may also be caused when the
> moron heavily lubricates the hub before pressing it
> in. This kills the bearing fast. My suggestion is to
> get a used hub and try again. Of course it could be
> just that they are idiots and pressed the hub in while
> bearing on the outer race. That certainly happens.

The factory comments about not lubricating the outer surface of the
bearing are about as strong as Audi documentation gets.

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 Phil Payne
 UK Audi quattro Owners Club
 Phone: 0385 302803   Fax: 0870 0883933