Repacking front wheel bearings/adjustment - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

leathermang · #1 04-02-2010, 04:30 PM

Here is the deal... someone else described it lately...perhaps in this thread number one or something...
This nut can be set anywhere due to its design... the old American style can only be set and locked at certain places determined by the number of castles on the nut and the hole in the spindle.
Many people have posted saying " I have done this for so long, etc. and no bad effects have happened' ... but to me the interesting thing is that they assume a certain bad effect, define it very narrowly , and give their ' all is ok ' report..
Here is another possibility... that in this case... setting the wheel too loose may take 10,000 miles off the life of the front tires... this is not something a normal person would notice or attribute to this setting.... especially since the wear pattern of our MB's is not exactly like what we expect from an unequal length A arm suspension like many older cars..
Anyway, I think it is nice they used part of their multimillion dollar R and D budget over the years to figure out a good system and then print the instructions so we have a chance of getting it right out in our driveway if necessary...

warmblood58 · #2 04-02-2010, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leathermang

Here is the deal... someone else described it lately...perhaps in this thread number one or something...
This nut can be set anywhere due to its design... the old American style can only be set and locked at certain places determined by the number of castles on the nut and the hole in the spindle.
Many people have posted saying " I have done this for so long, etc. and no bad effects have happened' ... but to me the interesting thing is that they assume a certain bad effect, define it very narrowly , and give their ' all is ok ' report..
Here is another possibility... that in this case... setting the wheel too loose may take 10,000 miles off the life of the front tires... this is not something a normal person would notice or attribute to this setting.... especially since the wear pattern of our MB's is not exactly like what we expect from an unequal length A arm suspension like many older cars..
Anyway, I think it is nice they used part of their multimillion dollar R and D budget over the years to figure out a good system and then print the instructions so we have a chance of getting it right out in our driveway if necessary...

c'mon . . . . we are talking wheel bearings here, as my indy said (exploded might be a better descriptor) "why do people insist on over complicating a very simple procedure"?