[FC] Rear Wheel Bearings

[Merv Krull and or Loretta Prosser]

Use an aerosol brake cleaner preferably non chlorinated, although neither 
kind tastes good at all... patuwee! It works well for cleaning a lot of 
things. I used it for bearing cleaning and for cleaning engine blocks before 
painting. It leaves no residue once it evaporates.

Did you do the test to check if the bearings are worn too much? ie: try to 
move the housing up and down along the same axis as the axle itself.. if you 
can feel any movement at all, it may be a goner.....

Good luck!
Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Dallas" <BEC176 at msn.com>
To: "Corvanatics" <Corvanatics at corvair.org>; "virtualvairs" 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 4:12 AM
Subject: [FC] Rear Wheel Bearings


I have disassembled my rear bearings while still somewhat on my 61 Rampy, my 
question is how do I get into the outside bearing to clean it and somewhat 
insure that I have gotten all the old nasty stuff out?  Or is this one of 
those times you just do the best you can do, relube and continue?  Also is 
it necessary that I re-rivet the bearing together or can the four studs be 
considered acceptable?

Jim Dallas
MCCA
CORSA
A whole mess of Cars
Half of which are in Group Red
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