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Changing wheel bearings

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winchman:
What size socket do you need?

floyd fan:
52mm.

drmike:
And for what it's worth I didn't buy an expensive impact socket but the 6 quid pressed steel version. That was 5 years and probably a dozen bearings ago - I seem to have replaced all the bearings on all my trucks and I've had 3 trucks so far!

You don't need to tighten them up much and if they are siezed on then start them off with a chisel.

Mike

narked:
They definately need replacing. Ordered the new bearings, and was going to have a look at what was involved yesterday, but got as far as trying to undo the bolts on the driving member. Couldn't get them undone. Hadn't taken the caliper off at this point, as I was just seeing how things came apart. Only way I could think of to enable me to get the leverage on them would be to get someone to apply the brakes, but doing it according to the LR workshop manual and the Haynes manual, you'd already have the caliper off by this stage. So what's the trick?

Bulli:
if you broke the pressed steel one i would suggest you were overtightening them, bearings really dont like it!

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