Replacing the race is easy, use the old one to tap the new one in. I like to
heat the hub first to help it slip in.
Getting the old race out can be a bitch. On my '85 190D I had to run a bead of
weld around the inside of the race. When the weld cooled it contracted and the
race came out easily.
I'm actually finding that the cold weather (it got all the way up to 30 while I
was working) a big help in getting the races out. I heat the hub and use a
punch to get the race out. This time I managed to SLAM my left index finger
with a 3# hammer... It bled but was contained in the rubber glove.
-Curt
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 18:24:32 -0500
From: Mike Esh <michael...@me.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Another day another wheel bearing
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How hard is it replace race?
Mike
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On Jan 29, 2011, at 3:23 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
Does "whup whup whup" in time with the car's speed sound like a wheel
bearing? I thought it might and as my wife and I both pointed to the
right front of the car as the source of the sound I figured I'd give it a
shot. This is on my '78 240D.
>
> The bearings looked
merely okay and as they had both MB green grease and some brown (does MB
green grease degrade into brown?) and as I'd already bought the
bearings (Car Quest, $39 for the bearings AND the seal and they had them
in stock last night) I figured I might as well get to it.
>
>
I'm getting better at this, the bearing plus an oil change took just on
2 hours. Gotta take the dog for a walk, then I'll be able to see if the
noise is gone, won't know definitively for a day or two though, the
noise would come and go.
>
> -Curt
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