Which bearing will fit

[ibiza_95]

hi guys, just a quickie.
i need some new or one maybe new wheel bearing again! i think its even the same one that i had done abouyt 2-3 months ago but anyway.
have decided to do it myself this time instead of wasting money on mechanics. watched how to do it so im pretty confident now.
anyways, im looking on ebay at a few bearings but they all are for golfs. now i know some golf bits are the same and iv been told that some bearings are the same. can anyone tell me which one will fit if any and if more than one?
cheers people in advance heres the specs:

My car:
seat ibiza 1.4 95 'N' ABD (engine code) 8v black (fastest)
i think thats about all youd need to know.

here are the bits im watching
and again thanks for your time much appreciated.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4603499691&fromMakeTrack=true
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4603505698&fromMakeTrack=true
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4604475443&fromMakeTrack=true

if theres a popular website which you know which will cross reference parts from seat to VW then id be interested too
cheers

 

[Keith002]

Why not goto your local motor factors? Price will be pretty much the same mate.. think i paid £7 for a rear bearing..

And they will probs b-able to look up the right one on the spot

 

[m0rk]

Yup - bearings are dirt cheap - try Stu @ Euro Car Parts for a price - free carriage, so you won't loose out if you ask for the right bits

The rears are a doddle to do though.

 

[hopkinsgm]

As everyone has said already - these are cheap parts anyhoo, so you probably won't save much (anything?) buying on ebay. If it's a front, make sure you get a bearing kit - it works out quite pricey if you buy the parts separately. German Swedish & French or Euro Car Parts should be able to help, though a lot depends on how keen your local branch are to help.

If it was a rear that you'd just swapped a few months ago that's gone lready, i'd suggest you probably didn't adjust it correctly. However, I note that it was front wheel bearings you'd been looking at on ebay - it's rare for a front to go so quickly as they're a sealed unit and not really adjustable. I don't suppose you re-used the old nut and retightened to the specified torque did you? If so, you overtightened it. Those nuts are use one then throw away items...

One other thing to consider - I was convinced a rear wheel bearing had gone on my Ibiza, but on closer inspection, the rear tyre had a sizeable flat spot on it, giving a nice regular drumming that varied with road speed - just like a knackered wheel bearing. I did the wheel bearings and disks anyway - there's no point doing the disks and reusing old bearings as you'll only contaminate them and need to have it all apart again in a month or two... I believe this may have been caused by a slightly binding rear brake - the disks were pretty well knackered anyway and it didn't actually make the job any harder. I probably hadn't helped matters much with the occassional bit of handbrake tomfoolery when road rallying tho...

 

[hopkinsgm]

Oh, forgot to add - if it's a front, you need a press to do the job properly. Bashing things with sockets is a bodge and you'll be doing the job again before you know it...

 

[ibiza_95]

i paid someone to do the wheel bearing so i presume they did it how it should be done, so no i didnt bash it in with sockets.

on closer inspection i cant seem to find what it is. im sure when something falls off ill discover it

 

[hopkinsgm]

...i paid someone to do the wheel bearing so i presume they did it how it should be done, so no i didnt bash it in with sockets...

Whatever happened to...

...have decided to do it myself this time instead of wasting money on mechanics. watched how to do it so im pretty confident now...

The fronts are pretty easy so long as you have access to a press. There's no other sensible/reliable/easy/quick way of doing it, so don't bother trying. One of the many VAG Haynes books I own covering cars with 239mm front disks suggests the "bashing with sockets" bodge method, but I suspect it's not the mk2 Ibiza one. Don't try that at home, kids...

If you know one end of a spanner from the other and don't mind leaving your car on axle stands while someone else does the donkey work with the press, you probably save yourself a bit of cash by stripping the hub carrier assemblies off the car and taking them down to your local mechanic and paying him to just press the old bearings out and get the new ones pressed in - note that unless you mark everything and are mega careful when you reassemble, you'll need to get the camber set up afterwards...

 

[F2 Stu]

It cost £80 to sort out a front wheel bearing on my old 1.4.

Easy job to do it myself - just lacked a 5 tonne press.....