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craig903

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Hi, does anyone know if the front wheel bearings go tight after the driveshafts are bolted in?

I changed both front bearings a little while ago on my gti6. The car is off the road, engine rebuild etc anyway i had to take the driveshaft back out and i noticed one off the hubs had lots off play in the bearing although its a new bearing. Just baught a new bearing and the inner race/sleeves has massive amounts of play so i can only imagine that when the hub nuts are done up they 'clamp' the bearing?

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Posted 24th Jul 2015 at 16:36
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chiefton

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sound like your hub flange is shot,I had one I put 2 bearings in and would develop play straight away. wheel fell off in end lol

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Posted 24th Jul 2015 at 17:01
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gnrlee Forum Admin

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defo should be no play at all!
I've just changed mine to eliminate a knocking noise and because they were 15yrs old LOL

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Posted 24th Jul 2015 at 17:13
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welshpug!

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hub nuts do clamp them indeed, if the car has sat or been moved without the nut the inner race may well have moved a little, nip the nuts up to torque and see what happens.

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Posted 24th Jul 2015 at 17:53
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allanallen

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What mei says!

New wheel bearing often have 'play' in them until the shaft is in and tight to pre-load them. You shouldn't really leave the car sat/move it around without a shaft in and tight👍

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Posted 24th Jul 2015 at 18:35
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craig903

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Ok thank you very much guys i thaught that may have been the cause but wasn't 100% sure.

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Posted 24th Jul 2015 at 18:59
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