ClamChowder
New member
Evening all. I'm a regular lurker but infrequent poster (I just don't know enough about alloys and ICE to be useful most of the time!)
I have a grumbly rear wheel bearing which I want to fix. I have approached Fiat about the cost of a new hub and they want over £50 for one. My local motor factor has an after market item for a shade under £30. The catch is that the aftermarket one doesn't have the cutouts to assist with replacing the rear brake shoes. Having had the brake shoes off a number of times due to sticking rear brakes I know how much of a ball-ache it is to get them off even when the hubs do have cut-outs so I can only imagine how much fun it'll be without them.
My question to you all is: do all after market hubs come without cut-outs? If so is it possible to change the shoes with the hubs in situ or do you have to remove them every time? Is the guy in the motor factors right when he says that the ones that come from Fiat now also have no cut outs?
On a related note how have those who have replaced hubs approached the very high torque specified for the hub nut? My torque wrench won't go up that high and the only ones in the Draper catalogue that do are £350 a pop! I can only assume you just do it up as tight as you can get it with the longest bar you've got!
Thanks in advance guys (and indeed girls)
I have a grumbly rear wheel bearing which I want to fix. I have approached Fiat about the cost of a new hub and they want over £50 for one. My local motor factor has an after market item for a shade under £30. The catch is that the aftermarket one doesn't have the cutouts to assist with replacing the rear brake shoes. Having had the brake shoes off a number of times due to sticking rear brakes I know how much of a ball-ache it is to get them off even when the hubs do have cut-outs so I can only imagine how much fun it'll be without them.
My question to you all is: do all after market hubs come without cut-outs? If so is it possible to change the shoes with the hubs in situ or do you have to remove them every time? Is the guy in the motor factors right when he says that the ones that come from Fiat now also have no cut outs?
On a related note how have those who have replaced hubs approached the very high torque specified for the hub nut? My torque wrench won't go up that high and the only ones in the Draper catalogue that do are £350 a pop! I can only assume you just do it up as tight as you can get it with the longest bar you've got!
Thanks in advance guys (and indeed girls)