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Re: Front Wheel Bearings

Postby bigjohnthomas » Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:53 pm

yes the sockets the size of the bearing bung it in the hole tighten the bolt it up till its solid then smash fook out of it with a sledge hammer :P
they were really tight on my old van thats what squashed the bolt head up
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Re: Front Wheel Bearings

Postby REWBAN » Tue Dec 07, 2010 12:31 pm

The 330 Model is not front-wheel drive though!
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Re: Front Wheel Bearings

Postby bigjohnthomas » Tue Dec 07, 2010 12:37 pm

thats even easyer no drive shaft to take just take the big nut off in the middle take that stumpy thing out put something in its place with a spacer assembly like my big bolt and bosh it :D
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Re: Front Wheel Bearings

Postby winterheating » Tue Dec 07, 2010 7:22 pm

REWBAN wrote:The 330 Model is not front-wheel drive though!


the 330 is just weight rating, you can still get a FWD or RWD 280 300 330 350
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Re: Front Wheel Bearings

Postby stu0500 » Tue Dec 07, 2010 7:57 pm

upon replacement make sure the hub is as clean as a whislte and use plenty of copper slip before you bolt it home! When i did my discs and pads on my mk6 i spent plenty of time cleaning the hubs and faces. it paid as when the bearing failed they came out without smashing or damaging the disc. :)
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