its time to change all the wheel bearings ,seals,rotors and pads on my iroc. the bearings have never been done i imagine. i understand how to pack bearings. but heres my question.. im a little confused on the race? is that a separate part that i have to purchase is it included with the new bearings. and how do i know where inside the rotor those bearings sit.. is there a groove or something.. help me out.

 

New rotors will include new races already installed. When you buy new bearings, it will include a new race but you will not need to use them as there are new ones already installed in the new rotors.

 

The axle itself is the race in the rear end.

JamesC

 

ahh ha. so the bearings push into the pre installed race and can only go into the rotor so far????

 

They don't push into them, they just insert a bit in them. Grease up the new bearings, put a bit of grease into the new rotors, and install them. Follow a Haynes manual as it will have pics of how to do it.

This is for a Corvette but you should get the idea. Again, your new rotors will have the races already installed so just install the new bearings in them:

http://www.corvettemagazine.com/content/view/57/1/

Ed