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Adjusting wheel bearings?
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Adjusting wheel bearings?
Think this is in the right place, need to loosen the o/s/r wheel bearing for the MOT as its a little tight, anyone got an idiots guide to doing this?
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1989 Helios Blue Scala 16v *sold*
1994 Mulberry Corrado VR6 *sold*
1991 Tornado Red Scala GTi Engineering RE2000 8V *sold*
1991 VW Polo G40 *sold*
1990 Pearl Green Scala
2020 VW Polo GTi
Re: Adjusting wheel bearings?
Wheel centre cap off, bearing cap off, split pin out, remove the castellated nut, undo the bearing nut, remove the thrust washer, remove the bearing and inspect - if it looks ok, put it all back on up to the nut. Tighten the nut back up (whilst turning the wheel in the opposite direction) until you can move the thrust washer under it sideways *just* with the end of a screwdriver. Put the castellated nut back on and replace split pin and bearing cap. All from memory I should add - Haynes manual describes it well iirc.
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