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pugbliss

i need some new drums very soon and as i think i need a bearing in 1 side was wondering if they come already assembled??????

 

does anyone know????

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welshpug

no they dont

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Guest BrainFluid

You might as well replace the lot if your getting new drums.

Edited by BrainFluid

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wildejon

Definitely worth doing everything while you have the drums off, its probably the least fun job I have done so far...

Good learning experience though.

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Rippthrough

Don't come assembled, you can push them in yourself with a big bolts and some sockets though.

 

-Phillip

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pugbliss

ripthrough.... what do you you mean??????

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Guest BrainFluid

He means make an improvised 'puller'.

 

Put a bolt through a large socket, then through the bearing, then through the drum, then through a washer on the other side of the drum, put a nut on the bolt and as you tighten the nut it will 'pull' the bearing into place.

 

Catch my drift mate?

 

EDIT: Not absolutly neccasary tho' . Plenty of grease and they will squeeze in with just yo fingers pusing them.

Edited by BrainFluid

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welshpug
. Plenty of grease and they will squeeze in with just yo fingers pusing them.

 

:D how big are your hands and forearms? the tolerances must vary a littel if you got some in like that, I had to get a press on mine and whack half a ton on them!

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Rippthrough

Gonna say, mine needed 3 tons of pressure!

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Guest BrainFluid

huh....?

 

Were just talking about the wheel bearings that sit inside the drum are we not?

 

Mine seemed to just slip in there with no bother at all..but it was a good tight fit ;)

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Rippthrough
huh....?

 

Were just talking about the wheel bearings that sit inside the drum are we not?

 

Mine seemed to just slip in there with no bother at all..but it was a good tight fit :D

 

 

Yep, supposed to be an interference fit so the drum doesn't spin around the casing and fry the bearing.

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Guest BrainFluid
...so the drum doesn't spin around the casing and fry the bearing...

 

Funny you should say that as thats exactly what happened to me today...Total bearing failure at 50 miles per hour on the left hand rear...Only just managed to keep controll of the car as the wheel locked up and skidded down the road. Smoke and all.

 

I quess the bearings I got were ever slightly too small? Man am I going to have a stern word with my local motor factors.

 

Not happy.

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Rippthrough

Remind me not to predict any failures in future :P:)

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