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Any tips on replacing a swivel bearing ?

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genem

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Any tips on replacing a swivel bearing ?
« on: September 29, 2011, 06:32:25 PM »
Sitting outside Ayr waiting for recovery. OS/F wheel all flopping about, oil pouring from swivel. Guess I've a gubbed bearing... :-(
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Any tips on replacing a swivel bearing ?
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2011, 10:16:37 PM »
Got it home thanks to RAC. Wheel has almost no 3-9 o'clock movement but some serious 6-12 movement - the top of the wheel really rocks back and fro. I'm taking it that its the top swivel bearing thats away....

Any tips ?  Vehicle is a 96 Reg 300 Tdi 90. It has had both CV joints and wheel bearings replaced in the last couple of years.

....never played with this "preload" thing - whats the score there ?

Cheers,

Gene
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Re: Any tips on replacing a swivel bearing ?
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2011, 07:05:17 AM »
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Re: Any tips on replacing a swivel bearing ?
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2011, 02:10:58 PM »
I confess I do the bottom bearing without taking the swivel off the car.... but apart from that, its pretty easy...
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Re: Any tips on replacing a swivel bearing ?
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2011, 12:06:19 AM »
Thanks for the tips. The hardest part in the end was getting the cotter pin out of the track-rod end - damn thing snapped off leaving nothing to grip... Longish trip tomorrow, so if its not leaking by the time I get back I'll call it a success.

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