Thought I was going mad yesterday,fitted new dust cap on stub axle then new febi wheel bearing tapped it on with 36mm socket,new nut fitted all ok until I tightened it down.The bearing was solid would not turn at,anyway after taking off bearing and refitting(which didn’t do it a lot of good)both inner races cane out plus internal oil seal spring,all together now though and packed with more grease.
Problem was stub axle dust cap was pressing against bearing stopping it from turning,width of dust cap is 10mm so I took 1.5mm off it so now spinning ok.Problem solved hopefully.
Also new 325mm wheel backing plate decided it wanted to be joined together anymore so another little repair there.
One bit of good news 325mm plate works with my 16 inch winter wheels while I refurb my 108’s.(I read on here 17inch is the minimum with 325mm plate)
Luckily I can do all this work myself,god knows how much a garage would charge,making these old beemers too expensive to maintain imho.
Problem was stub axle dust cap was pressing against bearing stopping it from turning,width of dust cap is 10mm so I took 1.5mm off it so now spinning ok.Problem solved hopefully.
Also new 325mm wheel backing plate decided it wanted to be joined together anymore so another little repair there.
One bit of good news 325mm plate works with my 16 inch winter wheels while I refurb my 108’s.(I read on here 17inch is the minimum with 325mm plate)
Luckily I can do all this work myself,god knows how much a garage would charge,making these old beemers too expensive to maintain imho.
