cornish rattler

cornish rattler

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Hi guys

got to have a look at my mates front wheel bearings tomorrow as he has one loose never done them on a disco before but have done them on series landys and want to know are they the same or are they totaly different its a 1997 disco 1 300 tdi with ABS.

graham
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98 d1 300tdi auto.
 
is the hub locking nut the same size as a series, sorry for asking but i am more geared up for series landys and this will be my first major job on a disco.

graham
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98 d1 300tdi auto.
 
It is 52mm. The Haynes manual has a good exploded diagram.

If they need a tighten up then a 10 minute job, did mine at the weekend after my new ones settled.
 
Brian S said:
It is 52mm. The Haynes manual has a good exploded diagram.

If they need a tighten up then a 10 minute job, did mine at the weekend after my new ones settled.
Click to expand...

cheers brian

yeah i am looking at tightening it up just to get it home then i can replace all wheel bearings to be on the safe side. forgot to ask before are both inner and outer wheel bearings the same as paddocks only show one p/n for the front wheel bearings.

graham.
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98 d1 300tdi auto.
 
same bearing for inner and outer, make sure you buy Timken bearings and also a new inner seal and tab washers
 
i did my 200 wheel bearing a few months ago.. if youve done a wheel bearing before on anything theres no surprises waiting... caliper and brake pipe bracket needs unbolting and tying up to the spring but thats about all. i used a stilson pipe wrench on the hub nuts as me sockets only go to 50mm
 
yeah i went to drop my mate off at work today then i had a look at the problem and tried to see if i could tighten it up but as i nipped it up and tried to turn the hub it was solid release it and it was too loose so going to get a set of bearings on thursday ( bus drivers rest day ) so looks like it will be there a couple of days but idealy due to where it is could do with getting it shifted or fixed before then but ill see what he says tonight when i go and pic him up tonight.

graham
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98 d1 300tdi auto.
 
I think the onlly differrence from my III is that my disco manual quotes torque settings. But I've nevr worked out how to get a torque wrench on my 52 box key.
 
there are some box keys with a piece of steel going across the back with a 1/2" square hole in but yeah the other ones where you put a bar through are bad enough, think a 52" x 3/4 drive socket and Tbar / ratchet is better and just keep checking for play whilst you are doing it probably ok if you have steel wheels on but a lot harder if you have alloys on.

graham
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98 d1 300tdi auto.
 
When I tightened mine up this weekend I removed the first 52mm nut and washer then replaced the wheel.

Then I tightened up the nut while checking the play and spinning the wheel to make sure there was no noise and it ran free.

The nut needed about a half turn. Was easy this way.

Fitting new ones, you need to tighten up the nut first to settle the bearings then loosen and re tighten as above.
 
yeah looks like we are going to paddocks for the bits tomorrow then straight to his work to do the one side then i can do the other side in my garage at the weekend so will let you know how i go on.

graham
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98 d1 300tdi auto.
 
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