Honestly? No and no. I didn't realize the case of the dropped zero until I'd already buttoned up and the snow started in earnest. I'm thinking slightly too loose new bearings are better than too tight old munched bearings with at least 3 different grease formulations (judging by the color people have added grease over the years but never removed any). When the snow stops I'll go back out and tighten. It looks as though my dial indicator isn't really up to the job so I'll wing it. I did that on my '83 240D and had 25,000 trouble free miles.
The MB grease comes in 150g tubes so I use just around half, this is my fifth bearing with that game, 25k on the 240, 10k on the other 190D. Other than not replacing the races the first time I did the other 190D and ruining a bearing set that way I think I'm doing okay. -Curt Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 20:04:34 -0700 From: Craig <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [MBZ] ATTENTION CURT!!! [was Re: 190D Wheel bearings] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 7 Jan 2011 12:39:02 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond <[email protected]> wrote: > Between Craig's picture and a writeup I found on PeachParts I'm pretty > sure its right. Did you get the specs right? The proper clearance is less than 0.001", which is why I bought a dial indicator that indicates 0.0001". 0.01 mm ~= 0.0004" 0.02 mm ~= 0.0008" > I even used proper MB neon green grease. Good. Did you weigh it out? Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
