Rear Wheel Bearing Question

[sevans]

Can somone tell me which way round the rear Bearing grease seals go?
and how far into the casting do they sit?
It may seem an easy question but I took this apart some months ago and now I can't remember.
The Bible doesn't seem to cover this and the Granada manual just says 'with the lip facing inwards'.
Thanks SteveE

[danny hoffman]

I think the lip faces inwards i.e. the flat face of the seal is "visible" when assembled.

As to how far they should go in, I think my car has had some weld run around the inside of the housing to stop the seal going any further than flush (pre a frame set-up)

Danny

[shpub]

Having just redone the rear wheel bearings last week for the third time in as amany weeks, the flat of the seal should be visible. The channel side with the spring around the ribber centre should be inside. I tap them in flush with a seal tapper.

Steve
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[SEVANS]

Steve, the seals I have from Wedge don't seem to have a spring inside, but I do know what you mean.
One side is metal and the other side is rubber (or whatever they are made from) with the code numbers stamped in it. I guess this is what you mean by the channel side as it has a groove.
So from your explination I guess the metal plate sides are visible. Regards.

[shpub]

Yes sounds about right.

BTW Keep the old bearing shells, turn them down a few thou on a lathe and you have the perfect drift for refitting the bearings.

Steve

[SEVANS]

Steve, thanks again for the reply. I made a tool from a piece of aluminium solid bar. It locates in the inner race of the bearing so that it doesn't move sideways. As it's made from aluminium there is no chance of marking the bearing. It needed 4 tonnes of pressure to push in one of the bearings and it stood up to this no problem. Also made a 'T' shaped one for pushing out the bearing through the small holes in the casting. Using this it is possible to remove the bearing without marking it....not that it's likely you would need to do this.
Thanks again for the info.

[shpub]

I used a big 3/4 drive socket on the inner race to push them out. Tower View have a 20 ton press and a special jig for holding the carrier while doing this which I used.

Sometimes they are easy... sometimes they need some persuading...

Steve