How to diagnosis and change a rear wheel bearing 1998 VW Jetta Tdi

[@NemecJesse]

Good video, thanks for walking through it. I love seeing the process shead of time each time I work on a vehicle that is new to me. I'm not a fan of how you pack your roller bearings though, I don't think they are fully coated. You can simulate the power packers by pressing it into the palm of your hand. That's the only way I knew how to do it for half my life before I discovered the cone pumps.

[@ojong20521]

Nice video. Nice to see another 1998 VW MK3 Wolfburg Edition and its happy owner. Thanks for sharing and I'll certainly review your other videos...not many video for this particular VW Jetta made in Mexico.

[@drittttt]

Thank you for the tips on the races, much appreciated!

[@KStewart-th4sk]

By the way I had a 1991 VW Jetta diesel with 698,714km on it when I was T-boned and car written off. Did drum bearings once and not because of noise but replaced brake drums while doing brake job. Now have an even older 1986 VW Jetta diesel with over 700,000 km. No problems so far with rear wheel bearings. In fact I have the rear drums from the "91 on it as I did a brake job on it and decided to use the other drums.

[@ladawnkimble1331]

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[@stevenvusi7248]

1. You are not packing the bearing but smearing the outer surface... that bearing is stil dry on the inside of it, and that pre load is not good as well. Ur bearing will always fail if u keep doing them these way

[@KStewart-th4sk]

Sir, you are not packing the bearings properly by smearing grease on outside of bearing. If packing by hand, you need to work the grease from the wide end of the bearing between the roller cage and inner race until you see grease coming out the small end of the cone. Maybe that is why you are having problems with bearing life. Of course proper preload on the bearing is vital also. You already have a grease gun so why not purchase a cone bearing packer? They are cheap--that is what I use. Packing by hand is OK but needs to be done properly. Thanks for your video.

[@DieselWorld]

Yes you are correct. If you watch at 20:38 I cut the video. My technique is that I glob the grease on the outside and inside and top and bottom. Then force it so it oozes out all the bearings and both top and bottom. I did not show this since I spend about 3 minutes doing this and the video would bore people to death and become too long. I may look like on the video that only the outside was greased, but it was not.

[@LowEnuff]

dieselworld hey i have a question

[@locomax5000]

I use the gun with a needle tip to pack besrings, works awesome

[@zoltanvago9145]

Thanks for sharing!

[@flaggz.]

Great video, thanks for your time.

[@maquech738]

Muchas gracias, me hiciste ahorrar mucho dinero. Saludos.

[@cal6023]

Very useful

[@austinlepping1523]

Your sapposed to torque it down to a certain spec and it sets that dust seal to the axle then you back the nut off one face and then tighten it back to a certain spec that’s less than the first torque spec.

[@daniel5_935]

This video helped a ton, thanks for sharing!

[@krazykong1076]

So the Conklin rhino grease worked for you really good?? I am going to replace the drums on my 1998 cabrio and put new bearings as well and it's hard for me to find a way to purchase that grease

[@DieselWorld]

Yes that stuff is amazing!

[@christothegreat1]

If the cause of rear bearing failure is washed out grease, then why not replace center dust cap with proper grease fitting cap and pump in grease once every few months til it’s full again?!

[@strokermk3]

I know it's old video but had the same issue with mk3 golf td. Gone thru 3 different greases until found one that works.

[@AssassinMan308]

Which grease worked for you?

[@aut0mat0r]

You've skipped a very important part of the bearing preload procedure. You should tighten the axle nut whilst turning the drum several revolutions...checking that thrust washer is tight, then back off the axle nut until you can move the thrust washer side to side with a flat screwdriver using minimal force. That's the VW procedure, and SKF's and FAG's as well. Your bearings are likely running hot enough to displace or cook off the grease, moisture replaces where the grease was and voila: That's why you're getting rust and seeing bearing failures at 15 and 30k.

[@DieselWorld]

When I switched grease that solved the issue not preloading the bearing.

[@sspsps6652]

Wrong way!

[@wizkid01]

That is just wrong - incorrect grease packing incorrect preload no wonder premature failure