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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: richandhazel on 13 September 2004, 14:46

Title: Mk3 Golf rear bearings
Post by: richandhazel on 13 September 2004, 14:46
Copy of an email sent to from my mate at work, wondered if anyone here can help ???

hello matey
             just a silly email - i was wondering if you could give me the
torque loading figures for a rear wheel bearing say on a mk 3 golf gti as my
corrado's is getting noisy. well the full story is this, a couple of months
ago i replaced both rear bearing's as one side was rumbling, unfortunately i
never knew the figure so i looked through several haynes manuels at
different cars, the figures ranged from 18lb foot to 130 ib foot. so i
basically torqued it to 30lb foot and checked the wheel for resistance and
checked the bearing for overheating. All seemed satis --- for a while, the
trouble is now the nearside is rumbling again.I've checked the loading
again. It had settled down to about 15lb foot so i retorqued it to 30lb foot
but it's still rumbling so I guess the bearing now knackered. Any help would
gratefull. I assume a mk3 golf of say L reg (1993) would be the same.

Are the rear wheel bearings not the same as a mk1 or mk2 Golf? They are taper bearings in which case I would have thought 30 lb/ft was far too high?
Title: Re: Mk3 Golf rear bearings
Post by: Len on 13 September 2004, 15:02
You just know who to call........

And it aint Ghostbusters!
Title: Re: Mk3 Golf rear bearings
Post by: topher on 13 September 2004, 15:43
this any use ?

http://volkswagen.msk.ru/vw_doc/ttx/cr_pg_1.8_g60_cat_89-93.pdf
Title: Re: Mk3 Golf rear bearings
Post by: Len on 13 September 2004, 15:46
Link didnt work for me - damned filters!
Title: Re: Mk3 Golf rear bearings
Post by: topher on 13 September 2004, 15:52
lifted it off this site http://volkswagen.msk.ru/index.php?p=ttx
im sure it's stickied somewhere in the forum, anyway... it seems there's different torque settings for different corrados, lucky dip time !  ;D
Title: Re: Mk3 Golf rear bearings
Post by: Len on 13 September 2004, 16:50
Pesky Russkies get everywhere.

Dont tell vwsystems! :D
Title: Re: Mk3 Golf rear bearings
Post by: richandhazel on 13 September 2004, 17:10
Quote from: Len405 on 13 September 2004, 15:02
You just know who to call........

And it aint Ghostbusters!


I know and I wish I could. Unfortunately I am now banned from their site and Pete is really pissed off with me :(

I suspect Corin is probably feeling the same way so felt that it wouldn't be a good idea to ask him.........
Title: Re: Mk3 Golf rear bearings
Post by: richandhazel on 13 September 2004, 17:13
Quote from: topher on 13 September 2004, 15:43
this any use ?

http://volkswagen.msk.ru/vw_doc/ttx/cr_pg_1.8_g60_cat_89-93.pdf

Cheers Chris, very useful link and would be if I knew what WSM meant ???

Am I being thick here?
Title: Re: Mk3 Golf rear bearings
Post by: topher on 13 September 2004, 17:23
according to .. http://volkswagen.msk.ru/vw_doc/ttx/prelims.pdf

WSM means refer to workshop manual or vehicle manufacturer, i'm so useful at being useless  ;)
Title: Re: Mk3 Golf rear bearings
Post by: richandhazel on 13 September 2004, 19:06
LOL, sods law  ::)

Title: Re: Mk3 Golf rear bearings
Post by: richandhazel on 14 September 2004, 11:26
Well done Chris, it just happened that one of the links was exactly the right one for his model and instead of WSM it did give him a torque of 7lb/ft.