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• HELP!!!!!! STRANDED REAR WHEEL BEARING BLOWOUT !!!!! by bbob203 on 04 Mar, 2012 18:53
• today i started a drive from erie pa to louisville ky im moving and my car is full of all my stuff. 40 minutes into my drive i pull over to grab a snack out of the my girlfriends car at a rest stop and i look down and notice my rear driverside wheel bearing is smoking and blownout. i got it towed to my grandparents which luckily is 80 miles in the right direction woohoo for aaa. anyhow Ive got it torn down and the drum wont come off it seems like the inner race of the outer bearing is seized onto the spindle i even put a puller on it and it didnt budge just buggered up the end of the spindle... any ideas i gotta start at my new job tomorrow afternoon so i gotta get this thing fixed asap. also i called all the big name auto parts stores around autozone advance oreillys and none had a new axle. they all said it was unavailable to them. 
• #1 by theman53 on 04 Mar, 2012 19:27
• Advanced can get one in a day IIRC. If you are close to Youngstown then I know a member on here who maybe able to help. If I were you I would get new parts and assemble the races, grease, get everything ready and come back sometime in the week.
• #2 by 8v-of-fury on 04 Mar, 2012 19:28
• Hey buddy, first of, when you get a chance do you mind updating your profile with the car you drive and where you are located? Thank-you. It will make it %100 easier for us to lend a helping hand.
  
  If you have any junkyards near, pretty much any rear spindle off any mk1/mk2/mk3 will work. However it depends on whether you have a 180mm or 200mm drum shoe. That is the difference, pretty sure they are the same between drum and disk too.
  
  Lucas he needs the car by tomorrow afternoon. Tight timing to have a break down
• #3 by theman53 on 04 Mar, 2012 19:33
• Not the same between drum and disc. I have an 83 GTI that he could rob the lot from, but I am not going to do it...cold and dark. But it is near Millersburg.
  
  Could you just call AAA and have them tow it to your home? If you have the premium membership and not the junk one I have they will do 100 miles before they charge. Mine is 3 miles and then 1.00/ mile.
  
  WHere is the car now?
• #4 by 8v-of-fury on 04 Mar, 2012 19:50
• Quote from: theman53 on 04 Mar, 2012 19:33

  Not the same between drum and disc.
  

  
  Ahh you are right, I re-referenced ETKA and it is all the DRUM spindles from 75-92 are interchangeable. Also it does not matter between the 180mm and 200mm drum. The spindle is the same. Mk1/mk2 the same. Mk3/Mk4 the same.
  
  Could have sworn somewhere I could have made the 200mm mk3 drum and spindle work on my mk1.. hmm
• #5 by bbob203 on 04 Mar, 2012 19:53
• car is in tallmadge oh about 350 miles from my destination. its bad but could be worse over half of the needles are still in it. im contemplating driving it as far as i can and maybe getting it towed the rest of the way if it gets so bad i cant go any farther. ive had at least one of the rear drums off before and i didn't have to loosen up the shoes with the adjuster.
• #6 by theman53 on 04 Mar, 2012 20:01
• Tallmadge is right by youngstown I think...close anyway. I will call CRSMP5 and see if he is willing to get on here and contact you.
  
  I just remembered the disc/drum deal as I was thinking of going to disc but the disc spindle is about 10x the cost of the drum, so I did not
• #7 by 8v-of-fury on 04 Mar, 2012 20:03
• Even with two needles missing it will sit and ride on that one spot.. and not let the bearing spin. I would suggest highly against this. Very highly.
  
  I have nearly had my wheel come off from a bearing failure, and I wasn't missing any of the needles..
  
  350 miles to go, I'd say you make 25.. maybe on this bearing before you watch your tire pass you by .
• #8 by R.O.R-2.0 on 04 Mar, 2012 20:05
• yea, dont drive on it.. once its injured, it wont take long for it to completely come off..
• #9 by theman53 on 04 Mar, 2012 20:07
• Yeah, better luck taking the tire off and having a fat chick sit on the opposite corner. Go slow and I don't take responsibility if you give it a try.
• #10 by R.O.R-2.0 on 04 Mar, 2012 20:15
• Quote from: theman53 on 04 Mar, 2012 20:07

  Yeah, better luck taking the tire off and having a fat chick sit on the opposite corner. Go slow and I don't take responsibility if you give it a try.
  

  
  hahaha... just screw a lawn chair to the hood, get a fat chick to sit there, and a fat chick in the passenger seat.. that SHOULD work..
  
  PS, take pics if you use the fat chick method!!
• #11 by bbob203 on 04 Mar, 2012 20:30
• ytown is about 40 miles from tallmadge. I'm stumped here I guess the race is welded to the spindle.  I can't see it hanging up on the brakes I released the pads thru the lug bolt hole. heated it up also and pb'd it but all i have is a plumbers torch though don't even think its near hot enough.
• #12 by R.O.R-2.0 on 04 Mar, 2012 20:58
• Quote from: bbob203 on 04 Mar, 2012 20:30

  ytown is about 40 miles from tallmadge. I'm stumped here I guess the race is welded to the spindle.  I can't see it hanging up on the brakes I released the pads thru the lug bolt hole. heated it up also and pb'd it but all i have is a plumbers torch though don't even think its near hot enough.
  

  
  if the race spun on the stub, and over heated, it could have fusion welded its self to the stub axle.. ive also seen the races SHRINK from getting too hot, and being basically stuck on the stub till they are re-heated..
• #13 by bbob203 on 04 Mar, 2012 21:18
• I don't think I'm getting anywhere with this propane torch. and the brake shoes can't possibly be holding me back. I got a puller on there and I'm standing on the wrench its so tight on.
• #14 by 8v-of-fury on 04 Mar, 2012 21:44
• You are still trying to get the drum off correct? or are you just stuck on the race??
  
  If the drum is stuck, you might try two pry bars on either side of the drum.. but be careful you can bend the back plate wuite easily.