Hi all,

Check the bearings!

The only time I experienced a loose rear axle nut was when the bearing had
started to disintegrate.  I had noticed an increased noise from the rear
when turning left.  It turns out the right axle nut was loose and the
bearing was toast.  With the nut already loose replacing the bearing was
fairly straight forward.

Kerry
kstanley@cas.org
'86 syncro, 173K

-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Cort [mailto:joel_cort@YAHOO.COM]
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 8:20 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: That big nut on the rear hub...

Hi Gang,

I just tackled replacing the CVs on the passenger rear
of my Syncro where I had been hearing crunch scrapes
and wheezes.  I figured that the CV was dry and gone.
I pulled it all appart and there was still some grease
but the bearings fell out very easy.

Ok now for the big nut.  I was holding on the the
brake drum to loosen the friggen allen bolts when I
noticed alot of play.  Turns out the big nut (46 mm?)
was friggen loose and the axle had a little play.  I
got the biggest cresent wrench which opened to the
exact size and stumped on that as hard as I could.  I
figured it was not 500 Nm but it will hold until I can
get the right tools.

Joel
coming up off the floor of my garage.
Rochester NY.

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