Installing Wheel Bearing

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The wheel bearing must not come into contact with magnetic objects (e.g. magnetic screwdriver, magnet).
Screws and nuts are Geomet-coated and must not be greased.
Grease the splines of the drive shaft with a light coating of aluminum paste Optimoly TA.
Drive shafts must not be left hanging from the joint stop! Tie them up.

Installing wheel bearing

Heat the wheel bearing housing -1- to about 80° C using a heating plate -2- .

Fig 1: Heating Wheel Bearing Housing On Heating Plate
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Tool for pressing in wheel bearing.

Fig 2: Identifying Tool For Pressing In Wheel Bearing (1 - Pipe T10230/14, 2 - Pressure Piece T10205/10)
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Screw large ram into workshop press (see TOOLS AND MATERIALS , Tool overview: wheel bearing, item 10).
Position pipe T10230/14 -1- under the workshop press and fit the wheel bearing housing flat on top. Insert wheel bearing straight and at the correct position. Fit pressure piece T10205/10 -2- flush on the wheel bearing -side arrows- .
Carefully press wheel bearing in as far as it will go -direction arrow- (check pressure gauge! When the pressure increases rapidly, the wheel bearing is in installation position).

Fig 3: Pressing In Wheel Bearing
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Wheel bearing pressed into the wheel bearing housing as far as it will go -arrow- .

Fig 4: Pressing Wheel Bearing Into Wheel Bearing Housing
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Fit mounting plate with new screws. Tightening torque 37 Nm (27 ftlb.)