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- From: sheriffp@Software.Mitel.COM (Peter Sheriff)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Wheel Bearings
- Message-ID: <13804@limey>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 13:59:49 GMT
- Organization: Mitel. Kanata (Ontario). Canada.
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- I just replaced the wheel bearing assembly on my '90 Cavalier. My son
- hit the curb and bent the rim and wrecked the bearing giving me the
- dubious opportunity to find out that you don't just replace the bearing
- but the complete hub unit ($114 Cdn inc. tax :-(). Two of my manuals
- give instructions on replacing the bearing unit and everything went fine
- until I tried to replace the seal and o-ring in the steering knuckle.
- This seal pushes in from the back of the knuckle but the end of the drive
- shaft is projecting through the knuckle effectively stopping me from
- slipping the seal into the back. I can't move the drive shaft back far
- enough to allow access to the rear of the steering knuckle without removing
- the knuckle itself.
- Am I missing something? I don't want to have this expensive bearing
- unit fail because of corrosion because I didn't replace a cheap seal.
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- Pete
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