1987 front wheel bearing dust cap bottoms out. (Page 1/1)
richard in nc SEP 14, 05:07 PM
i put new raybestos front rotors on and the dust caps bottom out.its hitting the end of the spindles not the cottor pin.the caps aren't smashed.i ordered replacement dust caps.i hope they fit better.i wonder if the distance between the bearing races are shorter in the raybestos rotor.
sleek fiero SEP 14, 05:19 PM
How much thread is past the nut when adjusted. It should be close to the same on old vs new. If not then probably wrong rotor. sleek
theogre SEP 14, 05:35 PM
Make a tool to install the caps w/o smashing them out of 1.5" plastic pipe.

How you install wheel bearing matter. Preload or too loose & bearing Will Fail & not just for Fiero.
See https://web.archive.org/web...cast.net/~fierocave/ front bearing

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richard in nc SEP 14, 06:27 PM

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Originally posted by sleek fiero:

How much thread is past the nut when adjusted. It should be close to the same on old vs new. If not then probably wrong rotor. sleek



i didn't measure it before.never had to before.i did try the bearings in the new races.perfect fit.
richard in nc SEP 15, 02:28 PM
i bought new dust caps at napa.they seem to clear.mr ogre tool idea worked great.

[This message has been edited by richard in nc (edited 09-15-2023).]