I've always reused the axle nut on vw and MB. There is always a way to
crush it into the slot in a new place. Never lost one. Nobody (FLAPS
or STEALER) ever stocks the nut. A third or 4th use might be getting a
little sketchy, but a second use, I don't fear.
Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Bravo! So you re-used the old nut for your test drive?
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Max
Charleston SC
On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 10:25 PM Peter Frederick via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Finally got the new rear wheel bearing in the Golf tonight. Still have to
> get a new nut soon, all the FLAPS
I had to have both rear wheel bearings on my Jetta replaced within a couple
months of each other. What is it with mechanics that don't want to replace both
sides at the same time? I had the same trouble on my '85 190D, one front
bearing failed, my guy replaced it "Oh they never go bad
Finally got the new rear wheel bearing in the Golf tonight. Still have to get
a new nut soon, all the FLAPS sell the bearing and hub with a card that says
you don't get a warrenty without a new nut, but don't stock the nut
Still have a lot of tire noise from the cupped inside edge (didn't
