timsch
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Nov 12, 2009
- Location
- Brookside Village, Texas
- TDI
- 2003 Mk4 Jetta (blue), 2003 Mk4 Jetta (black), 2011 Mk6 Jetta, all manuals
I am replacing the rear bearing on the Mk4. I couldn't get the bearing to go on with the axle stub on the car, so I took it off and pressed the bearing on with the shop press. I didn't think ahead, and now there is no clearance to install the bolts that hold the axle stub on.
When pulling the original bearing off with the 3-jaw puller, I saw that the bearing that came off was intact other than the inner race, as if I could reassemble it if I wanted to. It looks like my only option is to do the same with the new bearing, then install the stub with the inner race still on it, and then push on the rest of the bearing.
Is that my only option, or do I have others (other than scrap the whole bearing)?
When pulling the original bearing off with the 3-jaw puller, I saw that the bearing that came off was intact other than the inner race, as if I could reassemble it if I wanted to. It looks like my only option is to do the same with the new bearing, then install the stub with the inner race still on it, and then push on the rest of the bearing.
Is that my only option, or do I have others (other than scrap the whole bearing)?