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
Engine/transmission jack V.A.G 1383 A with universal transmission mount V.A.G 1359/2:
Foot pump with high pressure hose V.A.G 1389 A/1:
If there is a hand pump V.A.G 1389/1 available in the dealership it can be converted to a foot pump.
To do this use conversion set V.A.G 1389/3.
Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
^ Hydraulic removal and installing tool for wheel bearing V.A.G 1459 B
^ Hollow-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-14-1
^ Supplementary set V.A.G 1459 B/2
^ Separating tool Kukko 17/2
^ Bell E-40
^ Press piece E-43
^ Press sleeve E-44-1
^ Press piece E-45
^ - 3 - Separating device Kukko 17/2
Removing
^ Loosen hex bolt for axle shaft when vehicle is standing on its wheels (otherwise danger of accident).
^ Remove wheel and lift vehicle.
^ Unbolt axle shaft at flange shaft.
1. Hex key head bolt or multi-point key head bolt
^ Disconnect ABS speed sensor wiring out from retainer on brake caliper - arrow -.
^ Remove ABS speed sensor from wheel bearing housing.
^ Remove brake carrier and brake caliper and tie to body with wire.
^ Remove brake rotor and splash plate.
^ Loosen nut - 1 -, remove hex bolt, and pull both control arms - 2 - out upward.
Slits in the wheel bearing housing must not be widened using a chisel or similar tool!
If the hex bolt cannot be removed from wheel bearing housing, then the hex bolt and links - 2 - must be pressed out of wheel bearing housing Separating connections between upper control arms and wheel bearing housing.
^ Remove axle shaft hex bolt.
^ Swing wheel bearing housing out of the way.
^ Remove axle shaft from wheel bearing housing and tie up.
Note:
^ Place engine/transmission jack V.A.G 1383 A underneath (danger of accident from falling parts when removing the wheel hub and the wheel bearing).
Pulling out wheel hub
^ Install separating device - 1 - between wheel bearing housing and hub and pretension.
^ Installed location: Flat sides of plates face to wheel hub.
^ Install support - 2 -, hollow piston cylinder - 3 - with pull rod and special nut - 4 -.
^ Hold tool securely and pull out wheel hub.
1. Separating tool Kukko 17/2
2. Bell E-40
3. Hollow piston cylinder HKZ-15
4. Special nut E-8-214 and pull rod
5. High pressure hose with quick release coupling
Pulling out wheel bearing
^ Install press piece - 1 - with shoulder to bearing, press sleeve - 2 - with four stepped internal diameters to wheel bearing housing, hollow piston cylinder - 3 - with pull rod and special nut - 4 -.
^ Operate pump and remove the wheel bearing.
1. Press piece E-5
2. Press sleeve E-44-1
3. Piston cylinder HKZ-15
4. Special nut E-8-214 and pull rod
Pulling off bearing inner race from hub
^ Install separating device - 1 - behind bearing inner race - 2 -.
Installed location: Chamfer on plates faces to bearing inner race.
^ Install support - 3 - and hollow piston cylinder - 4 -with pull rod, screw on special nut - 5 - and remove bearing inner race.
1. Separating tool Kukko 17/2
2. Bearing inner race
3. Bell E-40
4. Hollow piston cylinder HKZ-15
5. Special nut E-8-214 and pull rod
Pressing in wheel bearing
Installed location: Larger internal diameter of wheel bearing faces outward.
^ Install wheel bearing - 1 -, press piece - 2 - install with collar in bearing) and hollow-piston cylinder - 3 - with pull rod on wheel bearing housing.
^ Install press piece - 4 - with chamfers to wheel bearing housing and special nut - 5 - on inside.
^ Press wheel bearing in by operating pump.
1. Wheel bearing (observe different versions): 75 mm diameter and 82 mm diameter)
2. Press piece E-45 for wheel bearing with 75 diameter mm or press piece E-14-1 for wheel bearing with 82 mm diameter
3. Piston cylinder HKZ-15
4. Press piece E-43
5. Special nut E-8-214 and pull rod
Pressing in wheel hub
^ Install hub - 1 - and hollow-piston cylinder - 2 - with pull rod on wheel bearing.
^ Install press piece - 3 - with shoulders to special nut - 4 - on inside.
Press in hub by operating pump
1. Wheel hub
2. Hollow piston cylinder HKZ-15
3. Press piece E-5
4. Special nut E-8-214 and pull rod
Further installation is in reverse sequence to removal.