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[omega3000]

Oh dear, good job I didn't say which tyres i've fitted too 

Understand what you mean Chris but with our bank balance, needs must and all that 
I'm looking at changing all 4 shocks next year so if they is any play in there, i'll budget for a couple of decent hubs too 

Right, off to find some old blocks of wood so I can jack the car up, apply strong arm complete with new socket (if it arrives on time) and lower the car / using the weight to crack off the nut.
I've not got a torque wrench which goes that high so it will be a case of strong arm until i'm about to shit myself then another 1/4 of a turn 
But I will get it torqued up at a garage soon after 


Al, those ATP bearings are what i've ordered 
Fingers crossed and all that 

I found that with everything prepped, wheel back on, lower car to ground, then a 3ft breaker bar with me standing on the end, hands on the roof and a little bit of a "knees flex - oomph" type weight application it came undone quite easily .....  but I was nearly 14 stone at the time !!

My 28 stone should easy move that with one leg then 

[Sir Tigger KC]

... And remember the bearing cap. It MUST seal properly or the bearing will fail early no matter what's fitted. (I use a bit of black cam cover goo on mine just to be sure)

Is there not a specific Vx goo for that job then Chris? 

[chrisgixer]

... And remember the bearing cap. It MUST seal properly or the bearing will fail early no matter what's fitted. (I use a bit of black cam cover goo on mine just to be sure)

Is there not a specific Vx goo for that job then Chris? 

No. They are fitted dry normally, although there is some sort of green paint around the rim of the cap. I guess that absorbs any high spots and allows the seal.

I have had one one leak, and fail as there was obviously water in the bearing, but couldn't say if that was because of the cap, or the seal on the back of the hub.

Can't hurt though, caps came off easy enough too.

[tigers_gonads]

Can you get these end cap separate ?
I don't think i've ever seen one on a Omega and i'm on my 4th 

[chrisgixer]

Can you get these end cap separate ?
I don't think i've ever seen one on a Omega and i'm on my 4th 

Yes you can get it separately. They should be replaced each time it's removed. Rarely have I got one off without deforming or some sort of damage. Its just not worth the risk.
One guess where from.

[tigers_gonads]

Can you get these end cap separate ?
I don't think i've ever seen one on a Omega and i'm on my 4th 

Yes you can get it separately. They should be replaced each time it's removed. Rarely have I got one off without deforming or some sort of damage. Its just not worth the risk.
One guess where from.

   I think I can guess 

Might be a daft question but thinking back to what's been said on here about water ingress, back when I was a lad    When ever I removed the centre nut and stripped old style drum brakes down, on rebuild I used to fill the cap with grease then abuse it with a hammer  gently refit the cap 
Is it worth doing the same with the omega ?
I think I have a tube of grease in the shed somewhere that's probably been sat there for about 20 years 

[tigers_gonads]

ATP bearing turned up at 16:30 yesterday so it spent the night in the freezer.

Took 90 mins to pull it all apart, fit the hub and rebuild.

Only problem was getting what was left of the old bearing off the shaft after it fell apart while being abused with a hammer 

These ATP bearings seem on first impressions to be pretty good both in fit (nice and tight) and quality.
Just been for a good thrash gentle drive around some back roads and can say that it now stops pretty much in a straight line with no judder whatsoever.
I must say that you can hear a pin drop in there compared to what it was so I think it must have been on its way for a while    Or maybe I should turn the tunes down a little 

All in all, its worth 35 quid (upto now)

[05omegav6]

Nice one never frozen a front bearing before though... Just whacked it on and tightened to bft plus 10

[omega3000]

Nice one never frozen a front bearing before though... Just whacked it on and tightened to bft plus 10

Is that the rear bearing you do that to 

[Webby the Bear]

Nice one never frozen a front bearing before though... Just whacked it on and tightened to bft plus 10

FT + 90 degrees