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Front Wheel Bearings
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 10:32 am
by Grip Fast
Bummer! An advisory on the front wheel bearings at the MoT this morning. No play, but grinding, so do them ASAP.
Any recommendations of where to get quality bearings, online or near Milton Keynes, without spending next months salary on BMW dealer prices (I fell foul of that with brake pads - never again)?
Cheer.
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 10:40 am
by bricking it
its not direct help,sorry about that, but i a had a set of wheels at Hagon in Essex for some work a while back and they sourced new bearings at a very good price for me. Maybe you could ask them ?
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 11:10 am
by Blackal
Just google them.
"SKF" and your area. Should cough up bearing suppliers.
6You could even add the bearing size if you wanted.
Al
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 11:46 am
by tanneman
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 5:14 pm
by ted
i got mine from BMW but dont recall them being really pricey - i had to order the seals though, i think they are slightly different sizes on one side to the other.
Biggest issue i had was removing the first bearing. There is a sleeve on the inside which makes it really difficult to drive out the opposite bearing as you cant really get anything on the lip.
In the end, i cut through the inner race with my dremmel, took out the sleeve and knocked out the bearings as normal. I assume that BMW have an extractor to get the bearings out - i did enquire but was told it would take them 3 weeks to look at it!
Maybe other boxers may have a better tip - someone suggested welding a large nut to the inner race and knocking the bearing out that way - either way, it will take a little extra time
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 6:10 pm
by qwakers
just buy a blind bearing puller. they're no expensive.
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:39 pm
by Grip Fast
Many thanks for all the advice, guys.
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:02 pm
by Motocod
I've previously bought wheel bearings off ebay, and found them to be good quality at reasonable prices. Albeit not for my BMW, but I would imagine they'd be available.
Nik
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:02 pm
by Nookiebear
Beeline bearings in Milton Keynes tel: 222999
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 6:04 pm
by Grip Fast
No one had them in stock, but the BMW dealer said they could get me a set for tomorrow. And shock-horror, the price was no more than online £9 each!
So how come their brake pads were a £million a set (I exaggerate, but only slightly).
Anyway, should be running smoothly again on Saturday
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:03 am
by dave the german
rawlbolt tightened just enough to grip the bearing then a drift thro the other side - Bearing remover not much but I've got loads of different size rawlbolts kicking about
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:26 pm
by dysondiver
oh , i like the rawl bolt idea ,,, never tried that ,,, yet.
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:00 pm
by ted
sounds like a good tip - i messed around for ages when i did mine