irvined
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| posted on 10/8/07 at 09:34 PM |
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Cortina Wheel Bearing
Had a great drive up the road from MNR to the Borders today, car drove really well until i took it out for 'one last blat' tonight and the
wheel bearing packed in.
I'm using cortina uprights, assuming i can get the part, how hard are these to fit? Can i get away with some heat and a hammer or do these
require a press?
Anybody got some rough instructions? I dont have a manual here.
Apart from that, i've been driving around with a MASSIVE cheesy grin all day.
Cheers
David
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t.j.
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| posted on 10/8/07 at 09:49 PM |
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two bearings, easy to handle.
Take off wheel, brake
then remove central nut behind cap.
Two outer rings can be easy kicked out by a hammer.
grtz
Please feel free to correct my bad English, i'm still learning. Your Dutch is awfull! :-)
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MikeR
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| posted on 10/8/07 at 11:18 PM |
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congrats for finally getting it on the road!!!!
hope the g/f likes it 
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Peteff
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| posted on 11/8/07 at 11:39 AM |
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The bearings don't need a press or any special tools and are simple to replace and easy to obtain. I usually tighten them up till the wheel
binds then slacken them off till it turns freely and you can get a split pin through one of the castellations in the nut.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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irvined
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| posted on 13/8/07 at 09:19 AM |
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Thanks for the help, I managed to find the last remaining cortina wheel bearing in Scotland on Saturday morning, phoned around everywhere locally and
in Edinburgh to no avail. In the end Halfords came up trumps, they didnt stock it, but they did give me the name of their supplier, (Dingbro) who
wouldnt sell it to me because i'm not a trade customer. In the end the chap at halfords (Not your average store, small town, local people, that
sort of thing.) phoned in the order and I went up to collect it.
Btw, Quinton Hazel part number is qlb511b.
Took the old one off, inside bearing took quite a large tap to get off the hub, the outside one was a doddle.
Removing the outside bearing from the stub axel was a bit of a mission, there wasnt enough left of the old one for the bearing puller to grip, so in
the end I had to cut a small groove in it and split it off with a good dunt with a hammer.
Thanks to Mike Rankin, the walking, talking Haynes manual for the torque settings, and for all your help and persuation.
I made it back to the continent, covered almost 1000 miles now, and apart from the wheel bearing, and some minor problems with the brakes and tickover
needing minor adjustment, its all good.
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