Front Wheel Bearing, Pressing Out and In With Wheel Bearing Housing Installed
Front wheel bearing, pressing out and in with wheel bearing housing installed
Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required:
- Thrust pad 40 - 105
- Hub puller 3283
- Collar for wheel bearing inner race 3423
- Engine/transmission jack VAG 1383 A with universal transmission mount VAG 1359/2
- - 2 - Puller Kukko 18/0
Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
Foot pump with high pressure hose VAG 1389 A/1:
If there is a hand pump VAG 1389/1 available in the dealership it can be converted to a foot pump.
To do this use the conversion set VAG 1389/4.
Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
^ Hydraulic removal and installing tool for wheel bearing V.A.G 1459 B
^ Piston cylinder HKZ-15 with hydraulic press piece E-0-204-T
^ Removal rods E-0-217+218
^ Special nut E-8-214
^ Press piece E-5
^ Press piece E-10
^ Press sleeve E-1 3-1
^ Thrust bolt E-15
^ Supplementary set V.A.G. 1459 B/2
^ Bell E-40
- Lift vehicle until the load on front axle is relieved.
- Loosen 12-point nut.
- Lift vehicle to installing height.
- Remove wheel.
The following three steps are necessary only for vehicles with modified stabilizer bar mounting.
- Loosen upper hex nuts of connecting links from left and right suspension strut.
- Pull out clamp on brake hose bracket and release brake hose.
- Release speed sensor wiring from front suspension strut.
- Remove brake carrier with brake caliper. To do this remove brake caliper and hang from body with wire.
- Mark installation position of bolts from ball joint to control arm.
- Remove bolts - Arrows -.
- Press out drive axle.
Note:
^ When pressing drive axle out ensure sufficient clearance is available.
- Pull wheel bearing housing with ball joint out from control arm.
- Remove drive axle from wheel bearing housing and tie up.
The axle shaft must not hang down!
The inner joint will be damaged through overflexing.
- Remove phillips-head screw for brake disc and take out brake disc.
- Remove cover plate.
- Remove connecting link from control arm.
- Release speed sensor wiring from suspension strut.
Note:
^ Place engine/transmission jack V.A.G. 13831A underneath (danger of accident from falling parts when removing the wheel hub and wheel beating).
Pulling out wheel hub
- Insert thrust bolts - 1 - 1n wheel bearing housing.
- Install support - 2 -, piston cylinder - 3 - with pull rod and special nut - 4-.
- Hold tool securely and pull out wheel hub.
1 -Thrust bolt E-1 5
2 - Bell E-40
3 - Piston cylinder HKZ-15
4 - Special nut E-8-214 and pull rod
Pulling out wheel bearing
- Remove circlip.
- Install press piece - 1 - with shoulder to bearing, press sleeve - 2 - with four stepped internal diameters to wheel bearing housing, piston cylinder - 3 - with pull rod and special nut - 4
- Operate pump and remove wheel bearing.
1 - Thrust tube E-5
2 - Press sleeve E-65-1
3 - Piston cylinder HKZ-15
4 - Special nut E-8-214 and pull rod
Pulling off bearing inner race from hub
Pressing in wheel bearing
- Clean hole from wheel bearing housing
- Grease hole completely with Molykote grease.
Molykote grease, G 052 723 A2
Use grease packet from repair kit
- Install wheel bearing - 1 -, press piece - 2 -
- Install with collar in bearing) and piston cylinder - 3 - with pull rod on wheel bearing housing.
- Install thrust piece - 4 - with wide collar toward wheel bearing housing and special nut - 5 - on inside.
- Press wheel bearing in by operating pump.
- Insert circlip with needle nose pliers.
1 - Wheel bearing
2 - Thrust tube E-1 3-1
3 - Piston cylinder HKZ-15
4 - Thrust tube E-10
5 - Special nut E-8-214 and pull rod
Pressing in wheel hub
- Install hub - 1 - and piston cylinder - 2 - with pull rod on wheel bearing.
- Install thrust piece - 3 - with collar toward special nut - 4 - on inside.
- Press in hub by operating pump.
1 - Wheel hub
2 - Piston cylinder HKZ-15
3 - Thrust tube E-5
4 - Special nut E-8-214 and pull rod
Further installation is in reverse sequence to removal.