RE: Front wheel bearing replacement/Front-end alignment

["Neal Tovsen" <sixteen.volt@gte.net>]

The only way to replace the wheel bearing WITHOUT a new alignment afterwards
is with the special VW tool. This is because you have to take the hub
carrier off the car and take it to somewhere with a press to get the bearing
pressed out/in.

I'd say that if you have to have it aligned anyway, just wait on the
alignment until after the bearing job. I spent the $200 for the tool, 'cause
I didn't want to screw with trying to find an open shop with a press and
then paying to have it aligned again. It was still cheaper than what the
mechanic wanted to charge me to have him do it, and I did it all myself in
an hour or so on a Sunday afternoon when I wouldn't have found anyone open.
Maybe I'm just trying to justify the $200, but I think it was worth it in
the end, and it definitely will be if I get a few more uses out of it.

Neal
88 16v


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of DavidG1952@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 11:17 AM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Front wheel bearing replacement/Front-end alignment
>
>
> Well I finally got the 1981 Scirocco "S" up and running that I
> got from listening to the list last year. Remember it was free
> and had a blown head. In any case I had to drop everything and
> restore it. Now that its done I want to thank the list for all
> the help, especially Scott Williams who made the post to the list
> in the first place, YO BRO!
> Now that I've been around the block with it a few times
> it sounds like it's gonna need a wheel bearing or perhaps the
> sound is due to the need for its front-end alignment. My question is:
> Can I go ahead and get it aligned first? Or will this need to be
> done again after the wheel bearing job?
> (if it is a wheel bearing, hard to tell!)
> No matter what happens now I will definately get it to ND for the show!
>
> David Guido
> 1980 Scirocco (2.0L 16v in progress)
> 1981 Scirocco "S" (restored)
> 1986 Scirocco 16v (parts car)
>
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