Found my lost SD card. So I have more pics!
This was my home this summer down in South Texas
Odee was kept parked slightly under the trailer in the event hail fell from the heavens as it was a common occurrence during a thunderstorm.
Now how to repack your front wheel bearings!
You'll need a plastic container and 2 cans of braker cleaner.
And some good grease. ;)
9/10 chances the rear center bit will be stuck on the spindle and your bearing will like this. This is a good thing for you! All you have to do at this point is carefully pull the seal out. A thin flat head helps as you lift from the edges.
Now pull the bearings out with some tweezers or your hands. They may fall out too if you turn it upside down.
Take a flat head and tap the front center bit out.
The bearing cage should pull out from the back at this point
These just sort of fall out too
Nasty, looks like some water got in there
Spray everything with brake cleaner in the container including the hub
Let the brake cleaner evaporate off
Reassembly!
So here's where the bearings spin around and around and around, you get the idea?
You want that filled with grease for the most part, make putting the bearings back in easier. Sort of acts as an adhesive for them.
Carefully place the balls back into their postion in the grease
Reinsert the cage while holding the front balls in. You should feel a pop from the balls going back into the cage
Reinsert the rear balls and slather them with grease on top -ohhohohohohoooo
Grease the small machined channel on the center bits
Install the rear seal and then the center bits, they'll sort of pop into place
Front looks like this after it's all done. Every ball has plenty of grease. :)
Oh and these are SKF bearing cages. They're essentially the same process for repacking except the front balls do not have a cage, but the balls themselves are bigger interestingly enough.
And lets not forget my new horn. Everyone in South Texas drives trucks and don't look for cars, just other trucks. Needless to say I was nearly ran over many many times and discovered in the process my passenger side horn was dead. This horn is the "high pitch" horn, aka the one other people hear when you honk at them.
Le old one
The nut is the only part that holds it in
Time for cracked oil pan pics!
COVERED THE UNDERSIDE OF MY CAR IN OIL
The damage
Installed a new dash as well
Mid process
New HVAC seal
Gooby gone and a razor blade took care of the old crumbling seal
Airflow out of the vents was a hell of a lot better after this
This was my home this summer down in South Texas
Odee was kept parked slightly under the trailer in the event hail fell from the heavens as it was a common occurrence during a thunderstorm.
Now how to repack your front wheel bearings!
You'll need a plastic container and 2 cans of braker cleaner.
And some good grease. ;)
9/10 chances the rear center bit will be stuck on the spindle and your bearing will like this. This is a good thing for you! All you have to do at this point is carefully pull the seal out. A thin flat head helps as you lift from the edges.
Now pull the bearings out with some tweezers or your hands. They may fall out too if you turn it upside down.
Take a flat head and tap the front center bit out.
The bearing cage should pull out from the back at this point
These just sort of fall out too
Nasty, looks like some water got in there
Spray everything with brake cleaner in the container including the hub
Let the brake cleaner evaporate off
Reassembly!
So here's where the bearings spin around and around and around, you get the idea?
You want that filled with grease for the most part, make putting the bearings back in easier. Sort of acts as an adhesive for them.
Carefully place the balls back into their postion in the grease
Reinsert the cage while holding the front balls in. You should feel a pop from the balls going back into the cage
Reinsert the rear balls and slather them with grease on top -ohhohohohohoooo
Grease the small machined channel on the center bits
Install the rear seal and then the center bits, they'll sort of pop into place
Front looks like this after it's all done. Every ball has plenty of grease. :)
Oh and these are SKF bearing cages. They're essentially the same process for repacking except the front balls do not have a cage, but the balls themselves are bigger interestingly enough.
And lets not forget my new horn. Everyone in South Texas drives trucks and don't look for cars, just other trucks. Needless to say I was nearly ran over many many times and discovered in the process my passenger side horn was dead. This horn is the "high pitch" horn, aka the one other people hear when you honk at them.
Le old one
The nut is the only part that holds it in
Time for cracked oil pan pics!
COVERED THE UNDERSIDE OF MY CAR IN OIL
The damage
Installed a new dash as well
Mid process
New HVAC seal
Gooby gone and a razor blade took care of the old crumbling seal
Airflow out of the vents was a hell of a lot better after this
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