With Wings As Eagles: Craig P. Steffen's Blog

poking and prodding

2007 November 20 00:14

Ah, I'm back from work travel, and I'll be able to catch up on things somewhat this week.

When I got the wheels and hubs off of the beetle, I decided that the right rear was pretty worn, so I should get a new one, so I ordered a box of parts. Here's Jasper and pangur doing quality control:

A nice, shiny new brake drum:

I have all of the wheels and the brake shoes off, so I want to re-pack all the wheel bearings. I have several manuals, but most of them talk about undoing the suspension to get the back axle out, which I don't think is really necessary.

Here's a diagram of the axle/bearing assembly that I need to take apart to get at the bearings: