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[aaronjb]

Screwfix sell M20 nuts & studding..

[Paulus62]

Screwfix sell M20 nuts & studding..

Thanks, didn't think of them 

[aaronjb]

  They're not necessarily the cheapest* but the quality is fair and they do come in handy in a pinch, I've found!

*ok, they're almost never the cheapest

[Paulus62]

They're not necessarily the cheapest* but the quality is fair and they do come in handy in a pinch, I've found!

*ok, they're almost never the cheapest

All part of the Kingfisher group, with B&Q IIRC. They were very good value when independent. 

After hitting the "small" bolt for a while with my best 4lb ball pein hammer, a thought occurred to me (frightening thing that  ) should I have the arm on an axle stand taking the weight of the car? Then each blow from the hammer will be more effective as the arm & suspension won't be absorbing most of the energy? 

If so do I support at point K or L in pic below ~ being thick again 

   

I think it would be K, but I've been wrong too many times when it comes to the correct placement of jacks, stands and the like to my dismay   

[Paulus62]

Put on stand at point K and managed to move bearing 1mm 

As screwfix only sold bar in packs of 5 & nut in 50's I thought I'd phone Gwyn "Penguin" and see if he had any spare bar knock about. Gwyn came around had a look, took measurements and went off, coming back half a hour later with bar, washers to the right diameter and a box section as he didn't have any pipe 80mm inside dia. Then set it up and with his impact driver pulled bearing out in less than 5 minutes   

Has left bar and washers to assist refitting new bearing. Cost "get me a pint sometime" What a star   

[Paulus62]

New bearing has arrive & is in the freezer to shrink it a smidge 

A few questions just to be sure:

Am I right in thinking that the bearing can go in either way? Or should the face that has writing on be outermost?

Should I put any grease on the surfaces that the bearing slides into and inside bearing where spline of hub goes?

What is the Torque values for the 32mm nut & the 6 T50 (8mm Hex on looking now  ) And does it matter where the 3 tie plates  go or should they go back in the same place on drive shaft to hub joint?

Lastly, I hope. What should I use on the hand brake actuator to stop is getting seized? I used copper slip last time, it seems that it attracts all the muck around and contributed to seizure rather than assisting in keeping actuator free!

Thanks,

Paul 

[Nick W]

In order:

It can go in either way

A small smear of grease certainly won't hurt.

Can't remember, the manual is in the garage.

Copperslip is fine, but it doesn't need much. Work the mechanism a few times, and wipe off the surplus.

[biggriffin]

In order:

It can go in either way

A small smear of grease certainly won't hurt.

Can't remember, the manual is in the garage.

Copperslip is fine, but it doesn't need much. Work the mechanism a few times, and wipe off the surplus.

dont use grease or copper slip,use a water based lubricant either washing up liquid or ky-(serious)

[Paulus62]

In order:

It can go in either way

A small smear of grease certainly won't hurt.

Can't remember, the manual is in the garage.

Copperslip is fine, but it doesn't need much. Work the mechanism a few times, and wipe off the surplus.

dont use grease or copper slip,use a water based lubricant either washing up liquid or ky-(serious)

Thanks for this, only just got internet back on, BT doing work on line

As bearing was -18°C on leaving freezer, it had a layer of frost on it when it went in, worked a treat    Needed to borrow Gwyn's cordless impact driver to tighten the last 5mm of slack up as I couldn't move the nut by then  disadvantage of not having any room under car & being half crippled doing the job

Looking on the brighter side, I've accomplished more in the past month and a half than i would ever have considered 18 months ago, thanks to this great forum & the support it gives us newbies     

Hand brake tomorrow as I ran out of light to finish it off  Time for a beer 

[dbug]

Thanks for this, only just got internet back on, BT doing work on line

As bearing was -18°C on leaving freezer, it had a layer of frost on it when it went in, worked a treat    Needed to borrow Gwyn's cordless impact driver to tighten the last 5mm of slack up as I couldn't move the nut by then  disadvantage of not having any room under car & being half crippled doing the job

Looking on the brighter side, I've accomplished more in the past month and a half than i would ever have considered 18 months ago, thanks to this great forum & the support it gives us newbies     

Hand brake tomorrow as I ran out of light to finish it off  Time for a beer 

Enjoy

[PhilRich]

Well Done that man!

[Shackeng]

An excellent result. Any chance of a How to?

[Paulus62]

An excellent result. Any chance of a How to?

I'll give it a try, won't be for a little while, hoping to go camping with my boy if passes MOT.
(Mate, Gwyn said that he'd look out for a 85mm inside diameter pipe and make up a jig to extract the bearing to make things easier    )

[PDK1953]

APOLOGIES FOR HIJACKING THIS POST !!!

I have a 1999 2.2 cdxi estate (150,000mls) with a knackered offside rear wheel bearing (not sure about nearside as rumble from offside is drowning out all other noises ! ) ........ Looking at this and previous posts I had concluded this job is at the extremities of my abilities and sadly but probably more importantly my facilities !!! I live in Maidstone, Kent and need some advice please.. does anyone know if there is someone locally (or within driving distance!) that would be able to replace the bearings for me at a viable cost .............. my local garages seem to be more than happy to tell me "scrap it mate, it would cost more than the car's worth!" .............. Love my omega and really dont want to scrap it if I can avoid it !

[Nick W]

That would be me then!

Although I can't do anything for a couple of weeks as I'm away next weekend.

Scrapping it for two £30 parts and an afternoon's work seems a bit much. It's not that bad a job, once you've acquired some appropriate tools. Facilities aren't that important; I did mine in the street.