CJH wrote:crazyhorse wrote:Doing this,
put races in. Tried putting back on, cant get the outer bearing on.
Does this picture look right. There is a bit on the steering knuckle that stops the outer bearing going on. Pulled hub off... as a result the inner wheel bearing is stuck on... Any ideas, UPDATE Got bearing off.
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I'm a bit puzzled by this photo. I've only seen the setup on my early system, so maybe it's the differences between early and late that are puzzling me. Did you ever find out what that part on the knuckle was for? When you removed it, presumably you didn't reassemble it. If it prevented you putting the outer bearing on, how did it work with the old outer bearing that you removed?
When you pulled the disk off and it left the inner race of the inner bearing behind, presumably it pulled the seal out as well - the one that goes into the disk/hub after the bearing has been drifted in. I can't tell whether it's there in your photo. When I did mine, the outer bearing didn't need to be knocked in at all - it makes me wonder whether you had tapped the inner bearing in all the way - it's supposed to be drifted in until it reaches the shoulder inside the hub. I'm just wondering if a slip-up here could be the source of the budgie - e.g. if the bearing wasn't pushed all the way home then the disk won't be centred in the calliper.
Thanks,
The knuckle i think was the old part of the bearing?? I knocked it off. When I took the hub off there was no sign of the outer bearing, just debris, loose bits, nothing that even resembled it!
I did drive it for a mile or so when it failed just to park up. Im 95% sure I put both races in properly. But hey me being me im starting to doubt myself.
Inner bearing placed in, then oil seal. hub pushed all the way, then I placed the outer bearing and knocked it a couple of times with socket, just so I could get the washer and nut on.
Jacked the wheel up yesterday just to see if it made a noise when I pushed it, it catching a tiny amount when it spins round so not sure if that would translate to the cheeping sound