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)
Removing
- Remove wheel trim cap, remove cover cap on light-alloy wheels (removal hook in vehicle tool kit).
=> [ Remove drive axle ] Front Suspension
- 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 - for brake caliper and take off brake caliper.
- Reinstall brake line holder. Install and tighten hex bolt - 2 -.
- Secure brake caliper to body so that the weight of the brake caliper does not stress or damage the brake line.
Continuation for all vehicles
- Remove brake caliper and secure to body so weight of caliper does not stress or damage brake hose or brake line.
- Remove ABS speed sensor bolt - 5 -.
- Remove disc brake.
- Remove bolts - arrows -.
- Remove backing plate.
- Loosen nut - 1 -, remove hex bolt and lift out both control arms - 2 - upward.
The slits in the 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 countersunk bolts - 1 -.
- Remove wheel bearing unit.
Pressing wheel hub out of 82 mm diameter wheel bearing housing
Remove bearing inner race from the 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 construction wheel hub. Refer to => [ Light Weight Wheel Hub Characteristics ] Light Weight Wheel Hub Characteristics.
Pressing wheel hub into 82 mm diameter wheel bearing
- When pressing in, Pressure Pad (VW 511) may only lie against bearing inner race.
Installing
- Insert wheel bearing unit in wheel bearing housing.
- Install cap bolts - 1 - and tighten
- Install outer drive axle joint into the hub and tighten with a new hex bolt by hand.
• Remove any adhesive residue on joint pin threads.
- Insert both upper control arm joint pins in wheel bearing housing and bend downward as much as possible using Pliers (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.
- Tighten drive axle hex bolt (only with vehicle resting on wheels risk of accident) => [ Install drive axle ] Front Suspension.
The vehicle alignment must take place on a VW/Audi recommended alignment stand.