Wheel Bearing and Wheel Hub

Wheel Bearing and Wheel Hub

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Torque wrench (V.A.G 1332)

• Torque wrench (V.A.G 1410)

Removing

- Remove coil spring. Refer to => [ Coil Spring ] Coil Spring.

- Remove the drive axle. Refer to => [ Drive Axle ] Drive Axle.

- Remove brake carrier and brake caliper and tie to body with wire.

• Do not allow brake caliper to hang from brake line.

- Remove the brake disc bolt and the brake disc.

- Remove bolts - 2 -.






- Remove wheel hub/wheel bearing unit from wheel bearing housing.

Installing

Installation is the reverse of removal, with special attention to the following:

- Tighten the drive axle bolt to wheel hub:

• Twelve-point bolt with ribs, refer to => [ Drive Axle Twelve-Point Bolt with Ribs, Loosening and Tightening ] Drive Axle Twelve-Point Bolt with Ribs, Loosening and Tightening.

• Twelve-point bolt without ribs, refer to => [ Drive Axle Twelve-Point Bolt without Ribs, Loosening and Tightening ] Drive Axle Twelve-Point Bolt without Ribs, Loosening and Tightening.


Vehicle must not rest on wheels when doing so.

With bolt loosened, wheel bearing can be damaged by vehicle's own weight.

Differences Between a Twelve-Point Bolt with Ribs and a Twelve-Point Bolt without Ribs






The contact surfaces - arrow A - and - arrow B - are different on the two-point bolts.

I Twelve-point bolt with ribs - arrow A -
II Twelve-point bolt without ribs - arrow B -

Tightening Specifications