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[psoutzis]

Hi,
I have some mini metro hubs to install to my mini, but first i want to replace the bearings because there were too bad, so i bought a set from mini specialist and have removed the old ones from the hub..

In the new set iv bought, there are to bearings, 2 seals, a plastic seal cover i suppose, a pin and a round shaped metal clip that i dont know what is for... see pictures

So my question is how to install them correctly, and if i can do it my self ?

So, the 2 black seals, are a bit diferent, which goes where ?
The round shaped metal goes where ?
And the plastic seal cover goes where ?

Please answer me asap as i want to replace them today,

Kind regards, Panayiotis

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[RedRuby]

The black oil seals should be different to each other the outer face of one will be flat and this on goes on the outer face of the hub, the second oil seal should have a slight lip on its outer face and this goes on the inner face of the hub , the white plastic seal goes over the cv join and when the hub is assembled the small lip on the black inner oil seal fits in the grove of the white plastic seal on the cv joint. Don't know where the metal circlip goes but will have a look to see if I can find out for you.


Cannot find information that I am totally happy with but it seems that the circlip goes on after the outer bearing and before the outer oil seal, but not totally sure on that so hopefully someone who is deviate on that bit will post up soon.

Edited by RedRuby, 17 July 2014 - 01:49 PM.

[psoutzis]

Thank you for your answer ! That helped a lot !
So now the only problem is the metal circlip

[psoutzis]

Oohh forgot to ask, can i do this my self ?

[RedRuby]

You should be able to, providing you are reasonably good at mechanics and have some decent tools, attached a link to a video that shows the basic principles

[RedRuby]

Link showing replacement of metro front wheel bearing, not the best camera work but should help you, can't see any signs of the metal circlip though.

Edited by RedRuby, 17 July 2014 - 05:14 PM.

[Vipernoir]

If you try and extract the bearing races as shown in the first video YOU WILL BREAK YOUR HUBS !

DO NOT REPLICATE !!

 

The two inner races need to be drifted out in a totally different manner, using a soft punch and a mallet.

[Vipernoir]

The second video is for a Geo Metro - a nasty American econobox - and has precious little relevance at all to changing the bearings on an Austin Metro hub.

 

The metal ring supplied is a distance spacer for the inner seal.

 

Gotta say, posting these videos is a bit silly, and could lead to people damaging their cars or causing safety critical bits to go wrong...