Play in wheel bearing after shop install, please see video

Hi

The threads in my LF hub was gone so had a shop install a new OEM hub along with new bearing.. Could anyone confirm if the slack in the video is normal or not?? My RF bearing do not have this slack. Thought the caliper started to hang and make noise, not so sure now…

I would have to say that it is probably a bad hub.
If they pressed in the bearing and didn't observe the pre-load then the bearing is probably bad, but I had a hub that was worn do a similar thing after I had pressed it in.

I didn't ruin the new bearing getting the bad hub out.

I have a link that with a few loaner tools you can DIY in about 40 minutes,

Wheel Bearings, on the Car

I personally would say take it back, but then again are you sure that you have the axle nut fully tightened to 175 ft/lbs?

A wheel bearing that hasn't had the pre-load mantained while pressing can get ruined in as little as 2 feet of travel, 6 inches if you move it with out the axles being tightened or installed.

What is that PRE-LOAD when replacing Front wheel Bearings. | Volkswagen Owners Club Forum

Yes the nut is tightened to speck, so I guess the shop messed up.. Taking it back Monday. Just hope they don't give me any bullshit since I brought the OEM parts to them (VAG hub + SKF bearing) Do you think the bearing as well as the hub need to be replaced? Or even worse, the obsolete bearing housing?

That's not right. Take it back. If there is something wrong with any parts, they shouldn't have let you take it away like that and I wouldn't be using them again.

Steve1973 said

That's not right. Take it back. If there is something wrong with any parts, they shouldn't have let you take it away like that and I wouldn't be using them again.

Thats why I only trust myself.  

Briano1234 said

Steve1973 said

That's not right. Take it back. If there is something wrong with any parts, they shouldn't have let you take it away like that and I wouldn't be using them again.

Thats why I only trust myself.  

Totally agree Briano, better to learn about cars and do the job yourself. It's cheaper and you do a better job.

Thing is I drove down to my parent's cabin 50 km to replace the brake system ("9 servo/22mm MC) Just not sure if I risk having the bearing eating up the housing if I drive back to town for the shop, about 50 km.. Anyway learning as I go, I agree it sucks when other people are to blame, especially for a wheel bearing which should be a no brainer for a professional, lol

It seems I have yet a problem to deal with. I bought a rear drum set from VWheritage last year that I finally was about to fit.. They said it would fit all mk1's, but apparently the set is for auto adjusting drums which my '76 doesn't have, none of the springs match the old ones. Haven't really looked into it yet, but would you know if it'll work just installing the hole new system? Shoes and matching springs? 

Ah never mind, I see the adjustment pushrod is different on pre '79 with manual adjustment. I'm getting serious with vwheritage on Monday

Yes different brake shoes etc for brake drums with manual adjustment, I've fell into that trap before as I've them on my 1978 Scirocco but at least I can use them on my 1988 golf.

The last set of shoes for manual adjustment brakes I got from eBay as I could find them any where else…

You can see they don’t have the extra bits of metal fitted to later shoes..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-80-Golf-Mk1-GTi-Passat-Scirocco-GTi-NOS-Rear-Brake-Shoes/323257897774?hash=item4b43ac132e:g:6uMAAOSwEyRahBYS

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/APEC-SHU-88-REAR-BRAKE-SHOES-FOR-AUDI-50-80-74-TO-81-V-W-GOLF-POLO/323279151605?epid=1107907013&hash=item4b44f061f5:g:tcIAAOSwbiFZSrru



 And yes the wheel bearing is wrong, the problem with fitting a front wheel bearing is you really need a big press to fit them, I take mine to a garage (I just take in the nub and a new bearing) as I would not want to be hammering in a new bearing, they also usally do it for beer money, cash payment.  

I took the axle off to get a better view, and the hub was definitely sloppy. Installed axle again with a fresh nut at 230nm, and all the slack disappeared, no sound either. I bet it'll fail soon enough though.. Found a new German mk1 haven called Hoffman Speedster, they had all the brake parts in stock