Reply With QuoteMy workshop manuel is making replacing the bearings look like a horrible job. And i don't have a press
I'm wondering if it'd be any easier to buy the hub assembly, but i guess the bearing would still need doing.
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Brom I got the other hub carrier on yesterday and tried it and it made a hell of a difference,I hope it does the same for you.Incidentally if you fit a S/H carrier before you put it on take the circlips out that hold the bearing in and carefully remove the seals (on mine I only took the inside one out as I did not want to take the hub out and have difficulty getting it back together) and force some oil or grease into the bearing as often the old grease is a bit hard.Then carefully replace the seal and circlip and refit. The old VW man who told me what the noise was says that he routinely repacked the original type double ball bearings this way.
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My workshop manuel is making replacing the bearings look like a horrible job. And i don't have a press
I'm wondering if it'd be any easier to buy the hub assembly, but i guess the bearing would still need doing.
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I just took the hubs down to a brake place and they supplied the bearings and pressed them in for me.Originally Posted by Brom
Loon says they're the same as a common Daewoo bearing, I think the bearings were about $60 ea + labour to fit them.
Pete
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that seems like a better idea. though do any of you know if the mk2 gti hubs will fit on a mk1? I guess if they do then the brakes would fit on so long as they fit under the standard wheels.
I'm just thinking i could do 2 jobs at once. Brake upgrade and front bearings!
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I've just finished pulling off my hub carriers. And as expected one is rough as, but it's not the side i was expecting! I was sure the noise was coming from the passenger side, but that's not great but reasonable. the Drivers side has a real crunch.
Either way it's time to swap them and see what's next. Any idea's on what i should be paying to walk into a workshop with the hubs and new bearings just wanting them to press them in?
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