Hub Question

[TimD]

Righty..

I need a new hub before the 15th of september, basically one of the threads has been stripped and i managed to loose a wheel bolt the other day.

I am at donnington on the 15th so need it fixing before then

If i was to buy a hub from a breakers is it likely that the bearing will come with it? It is still on the car with 30k on the clock.

The local breakers have a hub for £45 + vat.

Seat want £57.50 + vat then another £27 + vat for the bearing, i'll then need it pressing no doubt and i have no idea who can do this locally, or more importantly who can trust to do it locally.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Tim

PS. If anyone has ibiza-cupra (Petes) mobile could you pm me, i had it but can't find it anywhere.

 

[m0rk]

Most garages can press a bearing in (or will know someone who can) it's not rocket science at all

Is the breaker selling a hub, or hub carrier with hub & bearing?

a 2nd hand hub is useless and may well not hold onto a bearing again.

 

[TimD]

Not sure, i just phoned and asked for a hub.

So if it's second hand i need the whole carrier, which i'm assuming will bolt to the strut, etc?

I'll nip down to the breakers and ask the question, they have a full cupra in so wouldn't mind a wander around it.

 

[m0rk]

If you can get the whole hub carrier casting, with bearing, hub & ABS sensor (and ball joint if you're really lucky) for £45 you're laughing

it took me about 20 mins to swap mine out the other day - very quick & easy to do.

 

[cresswell22]

sorry about this but how do post a new thread

 

[m0rk]

Look for the button in the forum area's

 

[cresswell22]

i am being really dumb here but how do i get to that

 

[m0rk]

www.seatcupra.net/forums/ goto the section you want to post in, and it's at the top of that on the left hand side

 

[cresswell22]

thanks alot mate

 

[TimD]

Well just in from the breakers, they said i would get hub and carrier and to go back at 3pm to collect the part.

Would someone have a photo that i can look at to compare what i'll be collecting?

Don't want to find i only have half of what i need.

Thanks

Tim

 

[TimD]

Righty..

I got the hub carrier, the hub, abs sensor, disk, caliper for £47

Doesn't look like it has the ball joint, looks like everything is there?

 

[m0rk]

just use the ball joint from yours - it's just easier to undo the 3x13mm bolts from the wishbone than split the joint

bargain there.

 

[TimD]

I might give this a go myself, problem is everything is so tight.

I tried to take the caliper off the hub i have in the garage and i couldn't budge bolts holding it on.

Covered it in WD40, if i get really stuck i'll take it into work and ask the engineers to give me a hand, lol!

 

[m0rk]

use 6 sided sockets & a long bar!

 

[TimD]

One last question..

JBS altered camber settings, and did a 4 wheel alignment on the car a couple of weeks ago. Ae we likely to undo all of their work by replacing the hub?

Where abouts is the camber adjustment, so if needs be we can mark up and fit everything where it was before.

 

[Icecavern]

Yeah you'll need to get the alignment done again.

 

[m0rk]

you will mess it up

the camber is adjusted on the hub you're replacing. - so no point marking anything really

 

[TimD]

Ahh S$&%

That aint going to happen before donnington, fantastic news, lol!

Keep smiling, as they say!

 

[TimD]

Any chance we can get it close?

If i didn't have bad luck with this car, i'd have no luck at all.

 

[TimD]

Just back from Petes (Ibiza-Cupra)

As you said the tracking is out, etc so will need to get it sorted tomorrow.

Just like to publically thank Pete for the work he did, can't beleive how easy he makes everything look, haha!

Top Bloke!