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my front inner wheel bearing seals look useless to me 1989

posted by  someone claiming to be 2oldvolvos on  Tue Jun 28 15:17 CST 2005 [RELATED]


Brickboard,

I just replaced my front inner wheel bearings on my 1989 240 sedan. The wheel bearings and seal are made by Timken. Anyway, as I see it the bearing seals are next to useless.

The Timken seal is a little like a large metal washer with a rubber part in the middle that is attached to the washer.

The seal fits on the back of the spindle behind the bearing. Mine just slips over the spindle and is held in place by the rubber part of the seal. Trouble is that there is really nothing that holds the seal in the proper position. In other words, I can push the seal back all the way on the back of the spindle and it would do absolutely no good. To mate the rubber part of the seal to the back of the bearing, I have to slide it up about 1/2 inch or so from the back. There is nothing hold the seal in position.

Am I installing the sheild incorrectly? Do I have the wrong part? Is this just a bad design? Or is there a part missing?

I suppose I could come up with a spacer of some type to space the seal out to the proper distance.

Anyone have a comment? Please advise. Thank you.

2OldVolvos






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