[T3] Wheel Bearings

[Joe Plowick III]

The bearings that I got were a MasterPro brand, part numbers were A1 and
A15.  The outers cost $5.19 each, and the inners cost $5.59 (or
vice-versa).  I'm using a set of NOS '73 spindles.  I tried cleaning up the
bearing surfaces with a little fine grit sandpaper and WD40 just to remove
a little bit of surface rust that was on there.  There was just no way
those bearings were going on there.  In fact, I almost got the inner one
stuck on there when test fitting it.  I'll look up the numbers for a '73
Beetle and see what those show.  Maybe I'll try a different brand too, but
everything else I was finding was at least twice the price.

Thanks!
Joe Plowick
'69 Type 3 Squareback
'02 GTI 337 Edition


On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:54 AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 17 Jul 2013 at 22:02, Joe Plowick III wrote:
>
> > What is a good place to get front wheel bearings for a set of '73
> spindles?
> >  I went to an O'Reilly Auto Parts and picked up a set, but they are too
> > small and don't fit on the spindles.  I know there were some changes over
> > the years, so I want to make sure that I get the correct ones.  Are there
> > any certain part numbers to watch out for?
>
> I have them, but it's odd that your FLAPS gave you the wrong ones.
> The inners changed in mid-68, but '73s should be easy. They should be
> the same as a '73 Beetle, in case that helps them get you the right
> part.
>
> Just out of curiosity, what did they cost you?
>
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