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  • '86 Syncro wheel bearings(kinda long)

    · Thu, 27 Jun 1996 21:30:23 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    ...Press the wheel bearing out of the bearing housing. 13. Remove the inner race of the wheel bearing from the wheel hub. This is...

  • Re: Melting Hubcap?!

    Dennis Haynes · Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:19:58 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

    Excess heat without noise is most likely a brake, not bearing problem. The hub cap should not be touching the bearing cap anyway. Maybe...

  • Re: wheel bearings

    Stuart MacMillan · Mon, 3 May 1999 10:59:05 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    Bjorn, You have a spun bearing, not a good thing. It also sounds like the bearing seat in the hub wore down as well...

  • Re: Rear trailing arm/wheel hubs/bearing housing same for all years?

    John Meeks · Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:37:14 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    On Nov 23, 2007 3:57 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Are the rear trailing arms, wheel hubs and bearing housings the...

  • Re: Why my rear axle nuts got loose

    Frank Condelli · Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:21:29 EDT · Mailing-list archive

    ...The rear wheel bearings can only be changed by removing the hub bearing carrier. The bearings must be pressed out the side where the...

  • hubcentric question

    feller · Fri, 27 Jan 2006 23:27:06 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    Obviously the steel wheels are not hubcentric but are the after market alums supplied by many bearing load on the axle/hub at any...

  • Re: hubcentric question

    Jake de Villiers · Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:12:41 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

    ...the steel wheels are not hubcentric but are the after market > alums supplied by many bearing load on the axle/hub at any point...

  • Front Wheel bearings - just how much is a 'trace' of play?

    Todd Guttman · Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:36:27 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    ...Would anyone care to share their experiences/expertise in front wheel bearings and hub play? Thanks in advance for all comments/advice. Todd Westerville...

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