Hi,

Luckily (or unlucky)?  the problem started with the axle nut not staying
tight so I don't have the problem of trying to get the axle nut off!   lol.

Thanks for the suggestion about the CV bots.  I would not have thought
of that until I had wrecked one of them!

Did you do it with the bearing housing on the vehicle?

Thanks,
Steve W.

On 16/04/2017 7:52 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
> tbe job is difficult but not complicated.  Have​ some extra cv bolts
> on hand, and I had an extre axle nut.. it's now aboard as a spare.
>  the forces are BIG!  We had my van raised on jackstands under the
> back jackpoints when we tried to  deal with the axle nut.  With a
> socket and​ a 6' jack handle as a cheater bar we were bouncing the
> front wheels off the ground with two people on the cheater bar on the
> right side axle nut, and it still wouldn't budge.
>    I've got the other side rumbling now😐
>
> On Apr 15, 2017 9:06 PM, "Steve Williams"
> <steve@williamsitconsulting.com
> <mailto:steve@williamsitconsulting.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I have determined that I need to repack at a minimum, more than likely
>     put new bearings & spacer in the rear passenger side of my 91 Westy.
>
>     I watched a step by step on The Samba (
>     https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=670910&highlight=bearing+spacer
>     <https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=670910&highlight=bearing+spacer>
>     )
>     In this "step by step", the person had the bearing housing removed
>     from
>     the vehicle.  Looking at my vehicle, it looks like that would require
>     removing the backing plate which would require disconnecting the brake
>     lines, etc.
>
>     I also watched a video (
>     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pDzWH0GebQ&ab_channel=ThomasEXOVCDS
>     <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pDzWH0GebQ&ab_channel=ThomasEXOVCDS>
>     ).
>     In the video, he did the bearing job with the bearing housing "in
>     place", working from the back.  I don't have a hoist, so I'd be
>     doing it
>     on a crawler laying on my back.
>
>     Nothing I saw in either scared me too much.  But the devil is in the
>     rusted fastners!  lol.
>
>     I could pay for a shop to do this, but this is something I fell pretty
>     comfortable with.  I've been doing my own wheel bearings, brakes,
>     basic
>     maintenance on all my vehicles all my life.
>
>     Am I opening a can of worms trying to do this on my own?
>
>     It looks like I'd have to buy some long drifts, and not sure how
>     I'd pop
>     the grease seal out if I do it "in place".  It looks like a long
>     reach,
>     though if I'm replacing the seal, I could just punch it out from the
>     outside of the vehicle.
>
>     What is the "list wisdom" of a DIY rear wheel bearing grease?  Any bad
>     gotcha's?
>
>     I'd likely dive in the CV joints at the same time give that I'd
>     have the
>     shaft out anyway.
>
>     Thanks,
>     Steve Williams
>