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Gauche1968
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 Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 11:46 am Post subject: Front Bearings Installed Backwards? |
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Is this even possible or would the taper of the races in the discs prevent one from making this stupid mistake? 
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candyman
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| Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 11:50 am Post subject: |
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Anything can be installed backwards if forced hard enough 
Not likely with bearings |
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hans j
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I saw it once in a mk3 rear drum. Don't know how they did it, but they did and it is possible to get it wrong. Only a tiny bit of common sense is required to get it right.
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Terry Kay
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| Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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Almost totally impossible, unless you had a set of real dark welding glasses on when you did the install.
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Gauche1968
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| Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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| I saw it once in a mk3 rear drum. Don't know how they did it, but they did and it is possible to get it wrong. Only a tiny bit of common sense is required to get it right. |
Ah, the things we see from time to time.... 
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IdahoDoug
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| Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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Actually, it is quite easy to put a RACE in backwards. In fact, even tempting as backwards you have a nice wide edge on the race to hammer into the hub. What you'd then do with a bearing would be another matter, but if someone had enough threads on their spindle, even this is possible. I'd be fascinated how long something like that would last. I'm thinking coffee shop and back.
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