P80 FWD front wheel bearing tip 274378 (-1998) 272456 (1999-2000)

Post by **abscate** » 02 Mar 2022, 17:08

Did a front wheel bearing job today and the bolts E12 would not budge even with a 500 Ftlb impact. I went to oclxyMap and they still wouldn’t budge.

My partner in crime suggested I heat the bolts On the outboard side, and that worked !

Upshot. All of the holding power of the bolts is in the last 10 threads so you need to heat the backside of the bolts to free them up

Post by **foggydogg** » 02 Mar 2022, 18:06

Good to see you still have good snow pack.

454cid · Post by **454cid** » 03 Mar 2022, 01:18

abscate wrote: ↑02 Mar 2022, 17:08 Did a front wheel bearing job today and the bolts E12 would not budge even with a 500 Ftlb impact. I went to oclxyMap and they still wouldn’t budge.

Wow, are these being removed for the first time? On my truck, I use anti-seize so I don't have to fight with them next time.

Post by **abscate** » 03 Mar 2022, 01:32

I’m going to guess these were ORiginal. They were off Sonic.s 1998, had been transplanted to Grunhilde, amd got growly on us this week. Managed to get bearing done in 3 hours, in driveway. Sun came out and nicely cooked me in 35F weather.

Left front bearing. Everything in the front came apart nicely due to antiseize.

Post by **abscate** » 13 Mar 2022, 07:01

Just noticed part numbers for -1998 and 99-00 change. Added to thread title

These are the FAG part numbers I think, from the FCP site