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Front wheel bearings

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Just replacing front discs and bearings (1994 van ) are there different stub axle sizes? Ones ive taken off are smaller dia than the new ones ive had from brickwerks.
Outer bearing has Inner dia of 19 mm old one is 22mm.
That's this weekend wasted as I'm halfway through the job . Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Bollox , mine has the late bearing assembley . Bugger bugger bugger
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Anyone have any experience of gsf bearings. Are they fit for purpose ? I realy need it up and running this weekend
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Don't know about gsf, but for the price of the ones at eurocarparts I would be tempted just to fit them as a temporary measure, then swap them over later and keep them as spares.
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Dazco wrote:Anyone have any experience of gsf bearings. Are they fit for purpose ? I realy need it up and running this weekend

Vtec ones?

Will probably last long enough until you get a decent set off Baxter , just..................... :cry: :ok

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Well I've taken the plunge and got gsf bearings , thanks for replys.
Ill see how they last. :ok
My fault for having a van thats just on the cross over between early and late (bloody thing)
If anyone wants a set of inner bearings unused . Let me know :ok
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