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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: johnson6672 on 23 February 2010, 19:22
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Bloody wheel bearings gone, front right one. :cry:
Ordered parts today from AVS, so guess what i am hopefully doing tomorrow night, gutted no COD 4 :cry:
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Hi
Feel sorry for you.
How long did it last.
Are you getting a whine or do you feel the roughness.
Please take some photos to make a 'How to' for us.
Cheers.
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rubbling noise, will try and get pics but you do need a press to get them out i think
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no press needed, just a large socket 30ish mm and a large hammer, then use a vice to press them in
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they come out easy enough?
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yeah, pretty easy
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ah good, hopefully won't take too long then.
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no press needed, just a large socket 30ish mm and a large hammer, then use a vice to press them in
Anything else other than a vice? i need to do my nearside rear. dont know if its the same principle?
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no press needed, just a large socket 30ish mm and a large hammer, then use a vice to press them in
I would suggest getting someone to press the bearing. You won't remove the old one with a socket and hammer, unless you are lucky.
You may be able to fit the new one with a vice, but its alot easier with a press.
Also if the mk4 is anything like previous models, you will need a knife edge puller to remove the bearing race from the hub.
Not really a job for a novice.
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no press needed, just a large socket 30ish mm and a large hammer, then use a vice to press them in
I would suggest getting someone to press the bearing. You won't remove the old one with a socket and hammer, unless you are lucky.
You may be able to fit the new one with a vice, but its alot easier with a press.
Also if the mk4 is anything like previous models, you will need a knife edge puller to remove the bearing race from the hub.
Not really a job for a novice.
+1 easier with the correct tools
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Good job i booked it in the garage instead then lol
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The best thing to do if you don't have access to a press is remove the hub and take it to a friendly garage with the new bearing kit.
That way you will save a load of cash.
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no press needed, just a large socket 30ish mm and a large hammer, then use a vice to press them in
Anything else other than a vice? i need to do my nearside rear. dont know if its the same principle?
I think the rear beam needs to come out to change the rear bearings :undecided: which is a lot of work on its own
no press needed, just a large socket 30ish mm and a large hammer, then use a vice to press them in
I would suggest getting someone to press the bearing. You won't remove the old one with a socket and hammer, unless you are lucky.
You may be able to fit the new one with a vice, but its alot easier with a press.
Also if the mk4 is anything like previous models, you will need a knife edge puller to remove the bearing race from the hub.
Not really a job for a novice.
done both my fronts that way :tongue: had no problems getting the bearing out. and its just as easy putting the new bearing in using a vice as it is using a press. can do a front bearing in under an hour
the only problem is as you said the inner race needs to be pulled off the hub, or you can grind it back a little and use a chisel to break the race of. taking care not to damage or mark the hub
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I would say you got lucky removing the old bearings if you were using a hammer and socket.
I've seen bearings that take several ton of pressure to shift, when they gave up it was like a gun going off. Without a press, not a chance.
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hmm lucky both times Ive tried to change a wheel bearing
you aint got a big enough hammer :grin:
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You haven't come across a really tight bearing yet :tongue:
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maybe not, but Id try the hammer first if not successful Id dust of the press
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Why use a hammer when you have a press?
Much better, and no risk of damage to anything from hitting it with a big hammer :grin:
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because by the time the press is set up and the hub is level I could have knocked it out
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Ok i'll have to take your word for it, all the bearings i've done, which is quite few now, there's no way they would shift without a press.
I remember one on a Audi 90 which needed 3 tonnes of pressure to shift the old unit :shocked:
Try doing that with a hammer :grin:
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i dont think you need to do anything to the rear beam. AD Autotechnik rekon about an hours work...
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Bearing done. no press needed, just hammer and brass drift and punch on both inner and outer race.
The 30mm socket is for the hub nut.
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How much a bearing set you back got to do both on mine making a loud rubbing noise now. any 1 got part numbers? cheers
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Bearing done. no press needed, just hammer and brass drift and punch on both inner and outer race.
The 30mm socket is for the hub nut.
so must have been lucky then not using a press :lipsrsealed:
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How much a bearing set you back got to do both on mine making a loud rubbing noise now. any 1 got part numbers? cheers
Got from here http://www.vwspares.co.uk/g4wheel_drive.php
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Bearing done. no press needed, just hammer and brass drift and punch on both inner and outer race.
The 30mm socket is for the hub nut.
so must have been lucky then not using a press :lipsrsealed:
Are mk4's different then? :tongue:
I've never worked on a mk4, just quoting my experience with other VAG cars.
Have you done any other front bearings except mk4's before?