The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

The rear axle on one of my 1500HL dolomite's is starting to get a bit noisy so I have been checking that I have some replacement wheel bearings and looking into what is involved in changing the wheel bearings and or changing the differential assembly. I found that in my stock of spares that I had two original bearing kits, part GHK1007, which I purchased from Mick Dolphin a long time ago. When I opened them up I discovered that included in the kits was a tube of bearing lock tight which raised the question should this be used to lock the bearing into the casing and or onto the half shaft. I have changed a couple of rear axle wheel bearings in the past but never used bearing lock tight as the repair manuals does not mention the need to do this. Is this why in the official repair manual it states that you will not be able to withdraw the half shafts without a slide hammer? I also had one bearing that I could not get off the half shaft. When I took it to my local garage they could not get it off using their press and in the end ground the bearing away to get it off. I realize that if the bearing is loose in the housing or on the shaft there would be a need to use the lock tight but should it be used if the bearing is a tight fit? Is there a trick for removing bearings that have been fitted using bearing lock tight?

Having changed rear axle bearings before I am aware how difficult it can be to get the rear hubs off the half shafts and as a result I purchased the special hub puller some time back and have since been successfully in removing a hub from a spare half shaft. It was still not easy but it did come off in the end.

hi, locktight is used as a fail safe on half shafts, just in case there is any wear on the shaft.
so only use it on the inner race. if the bearing came off the shaft both you and the wheel/shaft would dissapear into the scenery
cheers,
tony.

dollyman wrote: ↑Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:16 am hi, locktight is used as a fail safe on half shafts, just in case there is any wear on the shaft.
so only use it on the inner race. if the bearing came off the shaft both you and the wheel/shaft would dissapear into the scenery
cheers,
tony.

The wheel and shaft will not come off the car just because the bearing is loose on the shaft. That would need the bearing housing to come adrift from the axle. Had that happen once. Fortunately not going fast, just accelerating out of a junction. There was a big bang as the half shaft came out of the diff, and a loss of drive. Hadn't a clue what had happened. Stopped the car. Brakes felt a bit soft. Pulled on the handbrake and the lever came all the way up. Got out of the car and the rear wheel was about 6 inches further out than it should have been. Of course the drum had come out with the wheel and the shaft and the brake shoes were acting on fresh air.

Cue realization that it is not four large wheel nuts which are holding the wheel on a car, or even a large hub nut with a split pin, but four small bolts holding the bearing case to the axle. That's a good reason not to forget the locking tabs. Or perhaps that's what the Loctite was there for?

Don't use it. You have to fit the bearing on a certain position on the halfshaft. When finally fitting the hub and tightening you pull the shaft through the inner race. When loctiting it you cannot fit the rear hub correct.

Jeroen

oooooppps. yes sorry folks, getting my cars mixed up on this one
i was thinking of my mark one escort!! how embarassing