[T3] Shake that front end! Wobble, Wobble, Wobble!

[Ken Main Mail]

Interesting.  I'll check the seal. The spindle is super clean no rust
anywhere.  What if the outer bearings race assy in maybe not in the
drum/disc assy.  I have heard that when bearings goes bad is to replace
both.  But in my case everything is new.

Ken

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Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 7:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [T3] Shake that front end! Wobble, Wobble, Wobble!

On 5 Oct 2014 at 19:01, Ken Main Mail wrote:

> Mine just slide on with some bearing grease.  I thought that was normal.

That IS normal. The outer races press into the disk or drum, the 
inner races slide onto the spindle.

You've measured the diameters, you have bearings that match, and you 
still have wobble, Is there any chance that the outer face of the 
seal is coming into contact with some part of the spindle or backing 
plate before the bearings are fully engaged? This seems impossible, 
but try doing a test fit without the seal in place, just to see if 
this makes any difference.

NOTE: The seal lips run against the OD of the large shoulder that's 
just inboard of where the inner bearing seats. That surface should be 
clean and smooth before you install the disk/drum. If it's rough, the 
rust will eat the seal lip away quickly and destroy it. Smooth that 
surface with fine emory and oil. Grease that surface and put grease 
between the lips of the double lip seals.

Before you install the seal, check that the seal fits snugly onto 
that shoulder. I suppose it's possible that you got a seal that has 
too small an ID so that it doesn't allow the disk to go on as far as 
it should.

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