[928uk] Yet another track day at the Ring - front wheel bearings

[Paul]

Many thanks, both items ordered

Will report back in due course

Paul
87 S4 Manual

On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 at 09:13, Ben Hodges <benhodges1975 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Paul
>
> Following Smiffy orignal post on this I did mine as there was some slight
> movement. I also used some of this stuff for good measure - may or may not
> have made a difference but movement is negligible… also it might help if
> the tool doesn’t work with the inner race surface.
>
>
> https://www.henkel-adhesives.com/hu/en/product/retaining-compounds/loctite_6600.html
>
> Cheers
> Ben
>
> On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 at 00:15, Paul R Smith via 928uk <
> 928uk at lists.928.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> I bought https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370421542360
>>
>> I tightened it onto the stub and only rotated it 180 degrees back and
>> forth (I didn't want to create pyramids) then tightened again and
>> rotated until it was difficult to tighten.
>>
>> I was using my own initiative, not following a video.
>>
>> I think you might have difficulty getting the tool onto the part of the
>> stub that the inner bearing sits on, but you might be lucky.
>>
>> If you want me to send you the tool, I can do, but they're not too
>> expensive.
>>
>> Smiffy
>>
>> On 30/01/2025 22:46, Paul wrote:
>> Can you share any advice on how to knurl the stub axles?
>>
>> Did you only do the outer, as I definitely have play on the inner as well?
>>
>> What tool did you use?
>>
>> Are there any videos you'd recommend for technique?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Paul
>> 87 S4 Manual
>>
>> On Sat, 28 Sept 2024 at 17:53, Paul R Smith via 928uk
>> <928uk at lists.928.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>     That's just reminded me, I said I would give an update on my stub axle
>>     knurling experiment.
>>     (I knurled the section of the stub axles where the outer bearings sit,
>>     then adjusted the bearings as per the workshop manual). It has just
>>     passed it's MoT without a front wheel bearing play warning!
>>
>>     Smiffy
>>
>>     On 28/09/2024 15:18, Paul via 928uk wrote:
>>
>>     Destination Nurburgring Event track day, giving a 928 curious fellow a
>>     passenger ride
>>
>>     My right indicator gets a lot of use, but the car is working
>> properly, I
>>     was short shifting at 5k because I'd only just blown the engine in my
>>     Cerbera here a couple of months earlier
>>
>>     Before the lap he explained that his wife probably wouldn't let him
>>     get a
>>     928, after the lap it seemed entirely possible that he might get one
>>     anyway
>>
>>     Immediately before the track days I'd replaced the oil cooler, rear
>>     suspension parts, and the radiator failed on the way to Germany
>>
>>     In between the track days I'd had to replace the clutch master
>>     seals, hence
>>     my bite point excuses
>>
>>     The brake pads were near end of life, and the front wheel bearings
>> were
>>     slightly over tightened to remove some of the inevitable play, and
>>     one of
>>     my more experienced passengers could feel that there was some minor
>>     issue
>>
>>     Nevertheless the car has never felt so good on track
>>
>>     https://youtu.be/K4y0d98Vzks
>>
>>     Paul
>>     87 S4 Manual - EZK-S enabled
>>
>>
>>
>>