Wheel Bearing Housing With Bolted Wheel Bearing, Servicing

Wheel bearing housing with bolted wheel bearing, servicing





Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

^ Thrust plate VW 401
^ Thrust plate VW 402
^ Punch VW 407
^ Punch VW 412
^ Thrust pad VW 511
^ Press tube 30 - 100





^ Sleeve VW 416 B





^ Sleeve VW 519
^ Torque wrench V.A.G 1331
^ Torque wrench V.A.G 1332
^ Separating tool Kukko 15-17

Assembly overview





1 - Wheel bearing housing
2 - Cap bolts

^ 80 Nm plus an additional 90 degrees (1/4 turn)

3 - Sockets
4 - Ball bearing

^ Pressing out 82 mm dia.
^ Pressing in 82 mm dia.
^ Bearing inner ring, pressing off
^ Removing and installing
^ Installed location:
^ The larger diameter of the wheel bearing faces the hub

5 - Wheel hub

^ Pressing out
^ Pulling off bearing inner race
^ Tie rod version
^ Wheel hub/brake disc contact surfaces and threaded holes are to be free of paint and dirt
^ Light weight wheel hub

Removing

- Remove wheel covers, remove cover cap on light-alloy wheels (removal hook in vehicle tool kit).
- Remove drive axle hex bolts (only loosen if vehicle is standing on wheels - risk of accident -).
- Remove wheel.
- Secure brake disc with a wheel bolt.
- Remove ABS speed sensor wiring from wheel bearing housing bracket.

Vehicles with brake caliper HP-2





- Remove hex bolt - 2 - and remove brake line bracket.
- Remove bolts - 1 - from brake caliper and remove brake caliper.
- Reinstall brake line bracket. Install hex bolt - 2 - and tighten.
- Secure brake caliper to body so that caliper weight does not bend or damage brake line.

Continued for all vehicles

- Remove brake caliper and secure to body so that weight of caliper does not stress or damage brake hose or brake line.





- Remove ABS speed sensor screw - 5 -.
- Remove disc brake.





- Remove bolts - arrows -
- Remove cover plate





- Loosen nut - 1 -, remove hex bolt and lift out both control arms - 2 - upward.

The slits in wheel bearing housing must not be widened using a chisel or similar tool!

- Swing wheel bearing housing in direction of arrow away to side, when doing this remove drive axle pin from wheel hub.
- Secure drive axle to body, e.g. with wire.





- Remove cap bolts - 1 -
- Remove wheel bearing unit.





Pressing wheel hub out of 82 mm diameter wheel bearing housing





Press bearing inner race from hub.

- Insert separating device, e.g. Kukko 15-17, in bearing inner race ring groove - arrow - and pretension with spindle.





- Press bearing inner race off from wheel hub.

Light weight wheel hub





Pressing wheel hub into 82 mm diameter wheel bearing

- When pressing on, thrust piece VW 511 must bear only against inner race.

Installing

- Insert wheel bearing unit in wheel bearing housing.





- Install cap bolts - 1 - and tighten
- Install outer drive axle joint into hub and hand tighten with a new hex bolt.

^ Remove any adhesive residue on joint pin threads.





- Insert both upper link joint pins in wheel bearing housing and bend downward as much as possible using assembly tool T40067.





- Insert new bolt - 1 - and self-locking nut and tighten
- Install ABS speed sensor.
- Install brake disc, fasten brake caliper.
- Mount wheel and tighten. This information is contained in AESIS; Library; Additional Information; Wheels and Tire Guide
- Tighten drive shaft hex screw (only with vehicle resting on wheels - risk of accident -).

Alignment must take place on a VW/Audi recommended alignment stand.