[T3] Rear Wheel Bearing Cover

[Jim Adney]

On 16 Jul 2011 at 13:42, Brent Bottolfson wrote:

> One of my IRS rear wheel bearing covers is a bit damaged on the inside 
> where the grease seal fits.  The outer bearing on the same side has 
> obviously been replaced at some point as the roller retainer is different.
> 
> Are all of the IRS bearing covers the same?  Looking at pictures of 
> others, they don't appear to have exactly the same casting.
> 
> Is this one safe to use?
> 
> Here's a couple photos:
> https://picasaweb.google.com/bbottolfson/BearingCover?authkey=Gv1sRgCIfysqvFqMHZsQE

The microfilm only shows one part number for all IRS cars, so the 
differences must just be different vendors. I don't think that's a 
problem.

It looks like the damaged one has raised metal in the area where the 
outside race of the outside bearing contacts it. That's probably not 
a good thing. A few low spots should not be a problem, but high spots 
will keep the cover from settling fully into place or maybe put a 
little twist force on the bearing.

If you can file or scrape the high spots off that would probably be 
okay. Otherwise, I have a good one here that I can sell. It's a bit 
rusty, but that will clean up.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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