I found a 1"x 8" hexagonal piece of brass bar stock that I use for bearing races. If I keep the end nice and square the points work very well for getting into the relief in the hub and driving out the race. I have another similarly sized round piece for putting them back in. Makes them a breeze, front or rear.
Mike On Oct 30, 2012 12:59 PM, "Dimitri Seretakis" <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Did u get the $10 scale at horror fright? > I always found that pounding out the races is the worst part of this job. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 30, 2012, at 12:24 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Started hearing that familiar rumble on my '78 240D the other day and knew > the time had come for wheel bearings. Got 'em at my local Car Quest Friday > with the intention of doing them Saturday (which is why I didn't get them > from Q). Saturday came and I had no energy, instead I used my new scale to > pre-weigh the grease into little plastic containers from the Chinese > takeout. Worked sweet BTW. > > Today I finally dug in, guessed the driver's side was the immediate > culprit, and it appears I was right. Much more play in the outer bearing > than in its replacement, a little more wear and the rollers would fall > clean out. Guess I waited a little too long for this job. I *think* I did > the other side a year or two ago. > Anyway the strange part of the whole thing was that the seals I'd gotten > are WAY too small, probably 1/4" smaller than the inner bearing itself. > Fortunately I'd gotten lucky and didn't damage the existing seal and got it > back together with that. W123 bearings are easier to setup with my dial > caliper than W201 owing to a larger hub. > 60g of grease is much more than I thought it would be, I'd actually > weighed out 60.5g as I figured I'd have some wastage which I did in > figuring out which way the seal went on. Took it for a ride and the noise > is GONE. > > The guy at Car Quest tried 3 different methods for looking up the seal and > came up with only that one part number. I tossed it over to Q, I've got a > spare set of bearings now, I should have a spare seal to go with them. > > -Curt > > _______________________________________ > 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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ > 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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ 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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
