Bryan,
The rear bearings are not "thrust" bearings as they are up front. It
shouldn't matter which way you put them in. For a hub puller, turn the axle
around bolt the 'hat' of the axle to the hub with the shaft sticking way out
in space. If you only put the lugnuts on partway, you now have a custom
fitted slide hammer to remove the hubs.
Regards,
Glen Byrns
'59 bugeye
----- Original Message -----
From "Bryan Vandiver" <Bryan.Vandiver at Eng.Sun.COM>
To: <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>; <Andrew.Griffith@ReadRite.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 2:43 PM
Subject: RE: Rear hub seals
> Does anyone know if there is a 'thrust' side to the rear wheel bearings,
and if
> so, which way should the side marked 'thrust' be installed in the hubs? I
don't
> remember seeing anything about that in my manuals last night.
>
> - Bryan
>
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> >Subject: RE: Rear hub seals
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> >
> >Bryan,
> >If your rear hubs are anything like mine... you wont need a press for the
> >bearings, they almost fell out.
> >Use lots of Hylomar on both sides of the paper gasket and all over the
> >o-ring, this is where it works best. Don't buy any if you need some... I
> >have lots.
> >Good Luck,
> >-Drew
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Bryan Vandiver [mailto:Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM]
> >Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 10:38 AM
> >To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Rear hub seals
> >
> >
> >I finally pulled one of my rear wheels last night to track down the oil
> >leaks on
> >both my rear wheels.
> >The seals between the axle half-shafts/hub, were nice an dry, however, I
can
> >see
> >definite oil seepage from the inside hub seal.
> >To replace these, it looks like I'll have to pull the hubs, and press out
> >the
> >bearings and then the seals. Can I press in the new seal, and bearing
with
> >hand
> >tools, or do I need a press??
> >BTW - what size is the nut retaining the rear hub (1&7/8"?)?? when I
> >originally
> >installed them, the wheels studs were not installed, so I was able to use
a
> >crescent wrench, but now it looks like I'll need to get a socket, unless
I
> >feel
> >like pounding on my nice replaced wheel studs.
> >Also I notice the shop manuals dont give any specs for how tight the rear
> >hub
> >retaing nut should be, any pointere on that.
> >
> >Thanks - Bryan
>
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