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Sun Sep 29, 2019 3:11 am

Thanks for the help guys.

It seemed to me that the seals I removed were the original ones because they had VW stamped on the side. The inner bearings are SKF. Would they have been SKF originally?

If they are original, they are in remarkably good condition. In which case, regarding the oil vs grease topic, it may be of note that when I opened up the bearing housing, the grease inside was much more of an oily consistency than I expected and there was very little of it. I have no idea how long it has been running in that state, but it doesn’t appear to have caused any damage. Quite the contrary.

Sun Oct 06, 2019 11:53 am

I’ve done a video summarising my current bearing conundrum. Any advice would be appreciated.

Sun Oct 06, 2019 12:28 pm

Ben Middleton wrote: I’ve done a video summarising my current bearing conundrum. Any advice would be appreciated.

It is normal for the outer bearing race to slowly spin in the housing. If it doesn't spin all the wear will take place over about 1/4 of the race meaning its useful life will be greatly reduced.

You should get a magnifying lens and inspect the wear surfaces of the outer race of the roller bearings for wear. You don't want to see any pitting.

Wed Oct 09, 2019 9:03 am

I thought I'd keep those roller bearings in place, seeing as the replacements I have are the INA ones that are reported to be made in India. If I remove them, doesn't that destroy the outer race?

Also, do you think I should use those new Febi inner bearings? I could probably get SKF or FAG instead, but I have read somewhere that SKF make those bearings for Febi anyway. Does anyone have any confirmation of this?