NOT possible to adjust the rears preload. One roller bearing on the outer
and a ball bng on the inner. Just wait till time permits and do it the hard
way..thats the right way as well.
Daryl of AA Transaxle
(425) 788-4070
aatransaxle.com
86 Syncro Westy
Zetec in the trunk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Poppie Jagersand" <poppie.jagersand@YAHOO.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: Inject grease into rear wheel bearings w/o disassembly?

> Is it possible to set the preload on the rear wheel bearing?
>
> --- On Mon, 7/20/09, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> wrote:
>> Martin,
>>
>> The most important part of repacking wheel bearings is not
>> replacing the
>> grease. The most important part is inspecting the bearings
>> & races for wear
>> & damage and re-adjusting your wheel bearing pre-load.
>> Just adding grease to
>> a wheel bearing accomplishes none of this.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tom Hargrave
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]
>> On Behalf Of
>> Poppie Jagersand
>> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 7:05 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Inject grease into rear wheel bearings w/o
>> disassembly?
>>
>> While under the Vanagon to pull the starter I noticed the
>> rubber boot on the
>> passenger side CV joint is torn. No clunks from the CV's
>> yet, so I was
>> planning just to order four Febi boot and grease kits from
>> busdepot and
>> repack CV's.
>>
>> I was thinking that a rear wheel repacking might also be
>> good, but I'm too
>> busy/(lazy) this summer to also disassemble rear stub
>> axles. (There is no
>> sound or sign of the bearings being bad)
>>
>> Is there some other way to get grease on into the rear
>> wheel bearings? With
>> an injection needle?
>>
>> Martin
>>
>
>
>
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