[DML] Re: Rear Wheel Bearing Question(s)

[tobyp@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Bill - Looking at your observations from a different perspective ... 
leaving rusty, corroded, seized primary structural fasteners in place 
leaves me even colder.  The lower bolts that attach the lateral link 
and the rear shock absorber to the hub carrier are in bending all of 
the time due to the weight of the rear of the car resting on the 
cantilevered end of the bolt sticking out of the hub carrier.  With 
constant bending stresses, corrosion that can lead to pitting will 
eventually lead to cracks.  If the bolt end cracks through 
completely, there is nothing to hold up the end of the car.  That 
visual doesn't excite me at all.  I know that replacing these bolts 
can be a challenge (right, Rich?), but having good bolts in there is 
quite important.  Just my $.02 on this issue.

BTW - Yes, the bearings are pressed in to the hub carrier.  I don't 
think they can be replaced without removing the hub carrier from the 
car and taking it to a press.

Toby Peterson VIN 2248 "Winged1"
DeLorean Parts Northwest, LLC
www.delorean-parts.com


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Looking ahead to the eventual day when my rear wheel bearings will
> need to be changed:
> 
> Are they pressed into the carrier? If so, has anyone ever changed 
with a big ball joint press (or other device -- I've used a portable 
vise to change wheel studs with the rotor in place) while the carrier 
is still on the car rather than removing it?
> The idea of old rusty and siezed support arm bolts leaves me cold.
> 
> Bill Robertson
> #5939




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