Pressing Front Wheel Bearing Out and In With Wheel Bearing Housing Installed
Pressing Front Wheel Bearing Out and In with Wheel Bearing Housing Installed
Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
^ Thrust pad 40 - 105
^ Press tool 3283
^ Collar for wheel bearing inner race 3423
^ Engine and transmission jack V A.G 1333 A with universal transmission mount V.A.G. 1359/2
^ - 2 - Puller Kukko 18/0
Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
^ Foot pump with high pressure hose V.A.G. 1389A/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 the conversion kit V.A.G. 1389/4.
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 E0-204-T
^ Removal rods E-0-217+218
^ Special nut E-8-214
Thrust tube E-5
^ Thrust tube E-10
^ Press sleeve E-13-1
^ Thrust bolt E-15
^ Supplementary set V.A.G. 1459 B/2
^ Bell E-40
- Lift vehicle until the load on the front axle is relieved.
- Loosen 12-point nut.
- Lift vehicle to installing height.
- Remove wheel.
The following three work 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 up with wire or similar.
- Mark installation position of bolts from ball joint to control arm.
- Remove bolts - arrows - .
- Press axle shaft out.
Note: When pressing axle shaft out ensure sufficient clearance is available.
- Pull wheel bearing housing with ball joint out from control arm.
- Remove axle shaft from wheel bearing housing and tie up.
- The axle shaft must not hang down!
- The inner CV 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.
Caution: 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
- Insert thrust bolts -1 - in wheel bearing housing.
- Install support - 2 - piston cylinder - 3 - with pull rod and special nut - 4 - .
- Hold tool firmly pull out wheel hub.
1 - Thrust bolt E-15
2 - Support E-40
3 - 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
- 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 the 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
- Completely grease hole 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-13-1
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 special nut - 4 - and thrust piece - 3 - (with collar toward special nut) on inside.
- Press in hub by operating the 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 the reverse sequence to removal.