What I said then was, "If you're feeling vibration in the steering wheel, I'd suggest you start by servicing the FRONT wheel bearings. Be aware that the inside diameter of the inner bearings and grease seals were both increased by ~1mm in mid`68 - be sure that you use parts appropriate for the spindles on your car (if the tierod nuts take a 17mm wrench you have the early, smaller style; if 19mm they're late-style."
Look at the bright side, even if you've got a worst-case scenario and the spindle is chewed up, it's going to be a WHOLE lot easier to fix than changing out a swingaxle trans would have been... ;) --- asad ishaque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All listees! > > please kick my bare butt turn by turn!! I > cant believe Ive been so stupid!!! I jacked up the > front right wheel today and what I discover?? The > bearing is kaput. Should have listened to a member > who had advised me LONG ago to check the front > bearings...but I had thought they were good since > they were replaced 'recently'!!! > > Lets see.fingers crossed.......maybe the > tranny would not need to come down at all! > > Aaaaargh Im so ashamed of myself! Today I ve vowed > to listen good to you people and move my lazy @$$ in > time to check things as instructed. > > Asad __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
