Front Wheel Bearing, Pressing With Bearing Housing Installed
Front wheel bearing, pressing out and in with wheel bearing housing installed
Special tools and equipment required
- VAG 1383 A Engine/transmission jack with universal transmission mounting VAG 1359/2
- VAG 1389 A/1 Foot pump with high pressure hose
- If there is a hand pump VAG 1389/1 available in the dealership it can be converted to a foot pump.
- To do this use the conversion set VAG 1389/3.
Special tools and equipment required
- VAG 1459 B Hydraulic removal and installing tool for wheel bearing
^ Hollow-piston cylinder HKZ-15 with hydraulic press piece E-0-204T
^ Remove rods E-0-217+218
^ Special nut E-8-214
^ Press piece E-5
^ Press piece E-14-1
- VAG 1459 B/2 Supplementary set
^ Separating device Kukko 17/2
^ Bell E-40
^ Press piece E-43
^ Press sleeve E-44-1
^ Press piece E-45
Special tools and equipment required
- 3 - Kukko 17/2 Separating device
Removing
- Loosen hex bolt for drive shaft when vehicle is standing on its wheels (otherwise danger of accident).
- Remove wheel and raise vehicle.
- Unbolt drive shaft at flange shaft.
1 - Hex key head bolt or multi-point key head bolt
- Disconnect ABS vehicle speed sensor wiring out of retainer on brake caliper -arrow-.
- Disconnect ABS vehicle speed sensor from wheel bearing housing.
- Remove brake carrier and brake caliper and tie to body with wire.
- Remove brake disc and cover plate.
- Remove nut -1-, take out hex bolt and remove both links -2- out upward.
- The slits in the wheel bearing housing must not be widened using a chisel or similar tool!
- If the hex bolt cannot be removed from the wheel bearing housing, then the hex bolt and the links -2- must be pressed out of the wheel bearing housing.
- Remove hex bolt for drive shaft.
- Swing wheel bearing housing out of the way.
- Remove drive shaft from wheel bearing housing and tie up.
Note: Place transmission jack VAG 1383/A underneath (danger of accident from falling parts when removing the wheel hub and the wheel bearing).
Removing hub
- Install separating device -1- between wheel bearing housing and hub and pretension.
- Installation position: Flat sides of plates face to wheel hub.
- Install support -2-, hollow piston cylinder -3- with pull rod and special nut -4-.
- Hold appliance firmly and remove wheel hub.
1. Separating device Kukko 17/2
2. Bell E-40
3. Hollow piston cylinder HKZ-15
4. Special nut E-8-214 and pull rod
5. High pressure hose with quick release coupling
Removing wheel bearing
- Install press piece -1- with shoulder to bearing, press sleeve -2- with four stepped internal diameters to wheel bearing housing, hollow piston cylinder -3- with pull rod and special nut -4-.
- Operate pump and remove the wheel bearing.
1. Press piece E-5
2. Press sleeve E-44-1
3. Hollow-piston cylinder HKZ-15
4. Special nut E-8-214 and pull rod
Removing bearing inner race off hub
- Install separating device -1- behind bearing inner race -2-.
- Installing position: Chamfer on plates faces to bearing inner race.
- Install support -3- and hollow piston cylinder -4- with pull rod, screw on special nut -5- and remove bearing inner race.
1. Separating device Kukko 17/2
2. Bearing inner race
3. Support E-40
4. Hollow piston cylinder HKZ-15
5. Special nut E-8-214 and pull rod
Pressing in wheel bearing
Installation position: The larger internal diameter of the wheel bearing faces outward.
- Install wheel bearing -1-, press piece -2- (install with collar in bearing) and hollow-piston cylinder -3- with pull rod on wheel bearing housing.
- Install press piece -4- with chamfers to wheel bearing housing and special nut -5- on inside.
- Press wheel bearing in by operating the pump.
1. Wheel bearing (observe different version): diameter 75 mm and diameter 82 mm)
2. Press piece E-45 for wheel bearing with diameter 75 mm or press piece E-14-1 for wheel bearing with diameter 82 mm
3. Hollow-piston cylinder HKZ-15
4. Press piece E-43
5. Special nut E-8-214 and pull rod
Pressing in wheel hub
- Install hub -1- and hollow-piston cylinder -2- with pull rod on wheel bearing.
- Install press piece -3- with shoulder to special nut -4- on inside.
- Press in hub by operating the pump.
1. Hub
2. Hollow-piston cylinder HKZ-15
3. Press piece E-5
4. Special nut E-8-214 and pull rod
Further assembly work is carried out in the reverse order.