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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: devilscaff on 02 September 2013, 15:19

Title: Rear wheel bearing
Post by: devilscaff on 02 September 2013, 15:19

Rear wheel bearing re-placement, is it a job for an armature on the drive or does it have to be a pro. Just wondering as mot comming up soon  and last time it was an advisory and wanting to keep cost down ta

Title: Re: Rear wheel bearing
Post by: notenoughtime on 02 September 2013, 15:26

Easy Job tbh

Title: Re: Rear wheel bearing
Post by: oakgreener on 02 September 2013, 18:48

Yeah, straight forward job. Just make sure you don't do the nut up too tight or you'll be doing it again in about a month :wink:

Title: Re: Rear wheel bearing
Post by: devilscaff on 02 September 2013, 22:28

How tight is to tight?

Title: Re: Rear wheel bearing
Post by: Sgt_Lemon on 02 September 2013, 23:02

I need to do this, is there a torque setting for it?

Title: Re: Rear wheel bearing
Post by: gazareth on 02 September 2013, 23:50

what I do is nip them up with ratchet. then back them off a little bit at a time until I can just feel play in them and no more. its a lot safer having them slightly loose than to tight. but however much you adjust them up they allways seem to go loose again pretty quick. its like they have a default setting lol.

Title: Re: Rear wheel bearing
Post by: notenoughtime on 03 September 2013, 08:09

As above but don't leave the play, spin the wheel and it should spin freely.

Title: Re: Rear wheel bearing
Post by: oakgreener on 03 September 2013, 09:18

I have a box spanner that I do them up tight, with a tommy bar, (screw driver). I then back it off and then re-tighten by hand by gripping the box spanner.

Title: Re: Rear wheel bearing
Post by: Sgt_Lemon on 03 September 2013, 09:47

Wow really loose then to what I thought. Natural instinct says to make everything FT