1992 Festie Front Wheel Bearing

[Pgh5spd]

Here's a question on this topic that I've always wondered. Once a knuckle has been set up correctly with the spacer (as in, from the factory), if you put a new set of bearings in, can you be confident that the same spacer will work? In 20+ years of doing brakes on Festivas, I've only replaced bearings once, and used the spacers that went with each side, but I always wondered if I'd just been lucky. (Presumably, if the tolerances on the new bearings are the same as original, this would be a given, but I'm not all that confident that they actually are.)

[drddan]

Yes, they will be good after 20+ yrs. They don't have wear on them, they just space the bearing for preload.

[iriegnome]

Yea... Rock Auto!! Parts and more parts sitting on my front door step waiting for me to have time now to install all of them

[iriegnome]

Ha!! Inner and OUTER seals... That would be a good note to have... Wait for more parts

[nitrofarm]

Ha!! Inner and OUTER seals... That would be a good note to have... Wait for more parts

I do these quite often & Oreillys always has everything in stock?????? bearings & seals
4005 Durand Avenue
Racine, WI 53405
(262) 554-5160

[frogman]

I for one would like to know how to do the Play Dough trick.

[SoCalZ28]

I am also interested.

[1990new]

NSK JL69349 Japan Are thes the original front wheel bearings?

Been wondering.. When I take a steering knuckle apart and find this (Japan NSK JL69349) printed on the bearings, are these the original bearings and does this indicate the knuckle has probably never been disassembled since it was new?

And we're still waiting to hear about the Play Dough trick?

Just found this:
Sep. 2002
Timken-NSK Bearings (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (now wholly owned by Suzhou NSK Bearings Co., Ltd) is established in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, through a joint venture with Timken Company (U.S.A.), to manufacture and sell automotive bearings.

Jul. 2007
Timken-NSK Bearings (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., a manufacturer and vendor of automotive bearings in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, is made a wholly owned subsidiary and becomes Suzhou NSK Bearings Co., Ltd.

It's a small world after all.