All Avant wheel bearing replacement

[Jamo]

I'm having to replace all 4 wheel bearings on the Avant in the RS2 hubs front and rear

Any advice for when they go to hydraulic press shop?

Notice in the front kit I've got 2 circlips per bearing, can't remember but off hand are these used on the avant / rs2 front?

[Error404]

don't think you need those circlips.
make sure they use the right sized drift to press the new ones in against the outer race of the bearing. Will need to be about 80mm diameter

[madpugger]

No circlips on front or rear.

They are stepped on the id so ensure they go in the correct way or the hub won't go in!

They take a he'll of a press to get out!

[A80Avant]

yes and you need more than 20T press to get them off. I had all 4 mine replaced a while ago.

[Jamo]

They pressed out my old housing and bearings for the hubs so should be no issues on pressing power

[Jamo]

Do you 100% have to remove ABS sensors? my old rears are going to be a big to remove

[madpugger]

Do you 100% have to remove ABS sensors? my old rears are going to be a big to remove

I wouldn't touch your ABS sensors, just unplug and make sure the lead is out the way when getting pressed. I left mine in in all four hubs. You are just asking for trouble trying to remove working ones!

[Jamo]

Ah o.k the front ones come out as we swapped them and I then sold the ones I had.

Acidburn showed me how to disconnect them from under the avant seat, damn weird place if you ask me

[madpugger]

Ah o.k the front ones come out as we swapped them and I then sold the ones I had.

Acidburn showed me how to disconnect them from under the avant seat, damn weird place if you ask me

Yeah it is a weird place, but at least its dry under there

[Jamo]

O.K i'll leave them in place, one less hassle sort of

Big thanks to Pete Reeve for the price and speedy delivery, between Pete and S2avant at TPS i've had a bat line for parts

[mcandmar]

This is on my to do list too, how much were the bearings?

[Jamo]

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=436825&postcount=6

Avant rears cost same as fronts though

[mcandmar]

Thats half of what i was expecting, i have no excuse now..

[Jamo]

Yeah my passenger side rear hub has a bigger jiggle than Kelly Brook on a trampoline

[pixsaudisex2]

Did you not notice the monster of all presses at a that garage that did your engine cleaning think they have three in total..... Depends if i could be free to do them for nothing or they would do it for a wee fee if im not able to meet up with you...