Bonded Rubber Bushing For Bearing Housing, Remove & Install

Bonded Rubber Bushing For Wheel Bearing Housing, Removing and Installing

Special Tools and Equipment






- VW412 punch
- VW519 pipe piece
- VW401 thrust plate
- 3292/3/4 pressure piece
- 3292 installation tool
- 3349 puller

Bonded rubber bushing in wheel bearing housing consists of two parts. Therefore, removal and installation is performed in two work sequences.

Removing

Pressing out first bonded rubber bushing

- Slightly flange sheet metal collars of bonded rubber bushing.






- Apply separator 3292, and tighten with spindle.
- Blades of tool must be applied exactly between collar of bonded rubber bushing and wheel bearing housing.
- Insert pin 3293/1.






- Now, apply tool 3349 so that blades push exactly between bonded rubber bushing and wheel bearing housing.
- Turn spindle-2- until bonded rubber bushing lifts slightly off of wheel bearing housing.
- Now tighten bolt -1-.






- Put on bridge 3292/2.
- Turn hex bolt -1- to press out one of the two bonded rubber bushings.

Pressing out second bonded rubber bushing






- Insert thrust piece 3349/1 and insert spindle from 3292.
- Remove bonded rubber bushing by turning spindle.
- When pulling out, make sure that blades of tool lie completely against collar of bonded rubber bushing.
- Installing bonded rubber bushing into wheel bearing housing
- Installation of bonded rubber bushing occurs in one work sequence.






- Put on both bonded rubber bushings together with tool 3292/3.
- Pull in bonded rubber bushing by turning spindle.