Wheel Bearings
03-05-2012, 02:59 PM
#17
Rennlist Member
Gaz, it all depends. To avoid Porsche tax I just went right to the bearing Mfg. catalogue and made sure I purchased a bearing with the same ratings and specifications from my local bearing house. This seemed to be the best bet since I could go in there and have them pull out a bunch and I would go through the boxes and find the ones that were made in Germany and take those. So, as long as you make sure the specifications are identical, you should be fine.
This was after I had rear wheel bearing failures at every race weekend for 3 races in a row! My Dad and I got very good at changing them at the track, had it down to ~45min. per bearing.
I hope this makes sense.
Cheers, James
This was after I had rear wheel bearing failures at every race weekend for 3 races in a row! My Dad and I got very good at changing them at the track, had it down to ~45min. per bearing.
I hope this makes sense.
Cheers, James
What I started doing on all new "sealed" wheel bearings, is to remove the dust seal and replace the original grease with NEO wheel bearing grease. You can then reinstall the dust seals and install the bearing. I have been getting much better life out of sealed wheel bearings on my race car after I started doing this.
http://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?fo...ction=category
