My touring Looks like the welder is coming out :-(

[town325i]

Ive started to do the rear wheel bearings today they are a bit of a pain in the arse with the arms on the car but they arnt as bad as you would think really. Im going to upload a step by step guide later when im finished

[Duke137]

Ive started to do the rear wheel bearings today they are a bit of a pain in the arse with the arms on the car but they arnt as bad as you would think really. Im going to upload a step by step guide later when im finished

One for the wiki

I'll be referring to that at some point in the future then

[town325i]

Right then the wright up i was promising most of the pics aren't very good quality and Ive forgot to take some pics like a knob

To do the bearings you need to jack the car up remove wheel
Then you need to remove the locking ring around the hub nut this is a royal pain in the arse to move so what i did was hammer my socket onto the nut undone said nut and picked what was left of the locking ring out


Then you have to remove the brake caliper and disc


To remove the disc you may need a helping hand from one of these

Now with the disc removed it should look something like this

now its time to start pulling the hub this was a b4stard as the rear of the hub has a chamfered edge on it but on Capri robs car is didn't so i had to modify my hub puller with my angle grinder so it would work correctly

all 3 legs needed some material removing so they would grip on the flat section on the hub
this is a pic of it at work

when the hub is clear of the bearing you will notice part of the bearing race is still attached to the hub the way i remove this is by clamping the hub in the vice and using a hammer and chisel lamp it til it comes off. This pic shows the part of the bearing that is still attached to the hub

Now we are getting into the fun bits removing the sir clip is a tw4t with cheap halfords sir clip pliers they must be made of chocolate how easy they bent.
as you can see in this pic the sir clip is still on

now its in the garden somewhere

and after 10 minutes of looking found it

While this is all apart it would be stupid not to change the backing plates for the brakes. So that's what I'm doing too.
To do this you need to split the brake pipe and the brake hose from the caliper i just let the fluid drip on the floor meaning though I'm changing the fluid anyway.

Now this is all striped down i had to remove the drive shaft by undoing the 8 bolts that hold it to the diff flange good job the car has an LSD.
with the drive shaft removed its time to remove whats left of the bearing to get the bearing to start moving i used a piece of threaded bar a big washer on the out side of the arm and a socket that just fits in the hole on the inside of the arm this is purley to break the hold the bearing has with the arm to make hitting it out a bit easier also this helps too.

giving it a little heat can help a lot too
once its out with lots of violence and swearing it will probably look something like this

The its time to re fit the new bearing i used a bit of grease to help it slide in then used my big flat washer and hit it with my hammer until it was flush with the arm then to send it all the way home used the old bearing housing.
It should look something like this now.

thats as far as i got today as the weather was a bit pants will have another update tomorrow hopefully.

[zimmerestate]

it will be good to see it when you have finished it i us to own that car when it was just a 320 on lpg lol

[town325i]

it will be good to see it when you have finished it i us to own that car when it was just a 320 on lpg .

I knew someone local to me owned it before the previous owner i got it from liverpool. Tbh its been one of the best E30's ive had but its had about 4 engine in since ive owned it, You can come over nd have a look at it anytime it would be nice to find out some of the cars history

[e30topless]

well done! I hate fitting rear wheel bearings , first time i did it..

I fitted the hub / drivshaft and brakes back on and realised I had a spare circlip

[Duke137]

Nice write up there mate, keep at it mate

[Dezzy]

Good job as always dude. I wouldn't want to have to do one on my arse next to the car.

This is going to be another QUALITY conversion with everything renewed or updated. Done properly. I like it!

[town325i]

Good job as always dude. I wouldn't want to have to do one on my arse next to the car.

This is going to be another QUALITY conversion with everything renewed or updated. Done properly. I like it!

I renewed alot of it when i first had the car but before i got it on the road. This time before i put it back on the road it will be treated to a new set of discs and pads all round its having new hand brake cables tomorrow to and ive got to fit a rocker cover gasket to the golf as its pissing oil onto the exhaust manifold and i dont want it to do what my escort did and set on fire

[Dezzy]

You love polishing turds mate.

[town325i]

You love polishing turds mate.

Ha ha ha ha i wont be getting share in auto glym any time soon i can tell you tht for nothing the only water my golf has seen is rain water

[The_Diddler]

I'm sure Dan will help you find your inner bufty, he's born agian that lad, ask him about wax, you'll see

[town325i]

I'm sure Dan will help you find your inner bufty, he's born agian that lad, ask him about wax, you'll see

Thats only becuase you fooking bullied him into it

[Dezzy]

I'm sure Dan will help you find your inner bufty, he's born agian that lad, ask him about wax, you'll see

I never though I would have Dan telling me how good some wax was he borrow of you Paul. He is a massive bufty now.


Btw what's the wax

[town325i]

I'm sure Dan will help you find your inner bufty, he's born agian that lad, ask him about wax, you'll see

I never though I would have Dan telling me how good some wax was he borrow of you Paul. He is a massive bufty now.


Btw what's the wax

Dont you fooking start i cant get away from this bufftyness it makes me feel ill

[The_Diddler]

Dan trying waxing for the first time, he's almost got the idea

[town325i]

Dan trying waxing for the first time, he's almost got the idea

You wait untill he see's that his drill is going every where fitting that e36 air box

[Dezzy]

Quality film!!!!

[zimmerestate]

yer sound will do i only live in burntwood ive just brought a e30 325 four door in red so u will probley see me driving around

[zimmerestate]

ive just had a look on my facebook just got the one pic of it add me if you want Gregory Jennings

[town325i]

Are you the one that is friend with rob walton on there i went to collage with that clown

[town325i]

Right then a bit more of an up date finished the one side off today and this is how it went

Started off by fitting all the new brakes shoes and fixing kit to hold them in place then had to press the hub into the bearing.

As you can see threaded bar is a valuable tool in any tool kit. All i did was have a load of washers in the hub and a socket that just about fits into the arm so the bearing doesn't pull though and fook it up.
This is what it looks like when its finished and the hub is all the way home.

before i put the hub on i fitted a new hand brake cable silly not to for £10 a side from GSF and greased the lever the cable fits to so it work properly for a change.
Then it was time to fit the hub nut did this up to 300nm and the once this was torqued up i fitted the once use locking ring never knew you had to knock them onto the nut like you do

This is a brand new nut and locking ring a bit over the top if the only nut is any good really.
Now this is all built up Ive left the caliper off as I'm going to clean them up i might even stick a new set of seals in the.
While i was at this i thought i would clean the wheel arch out.



I used tfr and a hand brush to clean all the crap off the lip and in the arch its self then i gave it a liberal coating of this nasty shite.

I used a paint brush so i could get into all the nooks and crannies and now it should last another 5 years i hope.
It looks like this now


All in all not a very eventful day but its getting there I'm going to start the other side tomorrow with out taking pics i should have it done in a day if I'm on the ball

[Rav335uk]

About bloody time you did something!

[town325i]

I no I no well its started and going to continue untill i runout of enthusiasm again but now i want the car back on the road the golf is really pissing me off now

[Rav335uk]

I no I no well its started and going to continue untill i runout of enthusiasm again but now i want the car back on the road the golf is really pissing me off now

Nothing more than driving round in a shi7 heap to give you the get up and go to get this finshed.
Get back out there you lazy fooker!!!

[town325i]

Wish i could Rav but im going out for a fooking birthday meal at least im not paying which is a bonus

[Rav335uk]

Plenty of these then, so no work tomorrow either then

[town325i]

No not tonight im driving dont fancy being banned again

[capri_rob]

Nice work mate ! If you're up there Saturday might pop round

[gareth]

I can see the evidence of previous attempts to remove the hub

[Dezzy]

Hammer Rash!

[town325i]

That was to help it along that was fooking welded in when it let go it shot across the garden how much the hub puller was wound up Really the puller could do with a longer bolt in it

[town325i]

Nice work mate ! If you're up there Saturday might pop round

I ight be but not 100% sure you going to the mids meet

[town325i]

Been at it again today and this was the progress

New bearing in place this side seemed to fall apart compared to the off side.

This is a good one showing how good a piece of threaded bar is and air tools.

This is showing the hub not quite all the way home.

This is how it should look when fully pressed in to the bearing.

I find there is something very porno graphic about new bits


Now this is what happened to my tyres on zoneroam last year i didnt know they where this bad though

Now its time for the wheel arch to get its treatment to help it last through winter


Then it was time for a bladdering with waxoyl



Im feeling the love for this poor old turd again tomorrow hopefully i will be sticking the E36 rack on and cleaning the front wheel arches out and waxoyling them but well will see. It doing that or dropping the tank out to see why i can smell fuel in the car.

[magpie]

looking good m8,i see you have some obligatory wax-oil