wheel bearing woes

[calimus@techography.net (Calimus)]

I'm going through this same problem myself, only I got luck and my local VW
shop full of hippies has the press.  You can prollie make a make-shift
puller, but don't count on it doing much.  Unless you have good luck, you
will find like I did, the bearings are the originals and arn't coming out
without a hell of a fight.  I've already a system using 2 big vise's and a
steal rod just big enough to cover the bearing.  Mine will have to be
pressed.

Don't know if I'd use a dremel, but then again, that noise will surly drive
you insane enough to use TNT if it's all you got laying around.  I must say
that I find it hard to believe no one has a press.  Check with local machine
shops if you haven't already, they may not have the exact kind of press, but
they may have something that works.  An even check with the super crappy car
shops, if you saw my local VW shop, you'd think it was condemmed.  Good luck
finding a solution, wish you were in SC closer to greenville, wouldn't be
too bad a trip here to Where I am in GA.  I think it's only a 2.5 to 3 hour
trip.

William

----- Original Message -----
From: "Allyn" <amalventano1@home.com>
To: "scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:10 PM
Subject: wheel bearing woes


> - Ok, i've got hub carriers, hubs, bearings, and not a single flippin
place
> in charleston (including dealerships) that have a press and/or know how to
> use the one that they do have.
> - Just how hard is this bearing swap. Is it possible with a punch/mini
> sledge? (all parts are off of the car). I'm tempted to bust out the dremel
> and saw a slot across the outer race (yes, and through all the rest of the
> bearing as well), just like on rear bearings (well, save that
> having-to-cut-through-1/2" of bearing part).
> - Can i get some hardened steel bolts/nuts/washers and make a makeshift
> puller?
> - Just how hard are these things to get out of there?
> Please help, im sick of the woop-woop im gettin from the rieger. Not
getting
> any better with my insane wheel offsets either.
> Al
>
>
>
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