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DISCUSSION => Suspension => Topic started by: mark_i on January 20, 2009, 02:18:36 AM

Title: front wheel hub bearing
Post by: mark_i on January 20, 2009, 02:18:36 AM

Hi All

Can wheel hub bearings be re-used...?

I removed a front hub bearing from an e30 breakers without much force, installed on my 318is and the bearing noise is worse.
Hub spins freely without resistance or excess movement.

Do the bearing races get wrecked when the bearing is pulled off the axle because I noticed the two bearing halves had separtaed by 2mm?

Thanks, Mark

Title: front wheel hub bearing
Post by: twright on January 20, 2009, 06:47:07 AM

I have reused the whole hub from a 318is.  I don't know if you can separate the bearings from the hub and then reuse them.