Hub Nut Dust Cover - Speedo version

[rhitchcott]

Trying to tighten up nearside wheel nut before passing the car on, but dust cover has - according to Haynes - a speedo drive protruding from it which is weird.

According to Haynes you remove the speedo drive after taking off the cover but, the cover won't come off because the speedo thing is stopping it.

The offside behaved very well. In fact I was quite impressed with something Porsche built that did behave well when working with it.

I have learnt that speedo drives sticking out of wheel hub nut dust covers are not normally standard on cars.

Any advice would be gratefully received.

 

[CVN187Y]

The speedo cable that protudes out of the hub is held in by a very small locking horse shape pin, which holds the cable in place. Once you have removed the pin you then can remove the hub cover.

Why do you need to remove the hub?

 

[rhitchcott]

Thanks - I thought Haynes had it back to front.

I needed to get the dust cover off as I wanted to tighten the hub nuts a little as there's a slight play in the front wheels. Also to regrease inside.

I see the pin, I thought it was a small washer. If I remove it, is it easy to put the speedo back given that the speedo cable doesn't let the dust cover move out very far?

 

[924nutter]

The cable stays where it is so it is dead easy to put it back. Really, if you are going to be skillful enough to adjust your wheel bearings, (pay particular attention to the text in the Haynes and DO NOT LEVER against the inner surface of the hub with the screw driver) you should not be worried about getting the bearing cover back over the square end of the speedo cable. Clean the end of the cable, and clean all the gunge out of the square hole. Gently take up the slack in the cable and ease the cover over it. Cold, the wheel bearing might just feel a little tight according to Haynes set up, but remember the hub expands due to the heat from the disc and all will be well once up to temperature. Getting the balance right is where the real skill comes in. Grease does not flow to any great degree at normal wheel bearing temperatures so you will not get much grease into the bearings unless you take the hub off. Over filling the cavity just increases the likelyhood that grease will seep past the oil seal and contminate the disc and pads.

 

[rhitchcott]

ORIGINAL: 924nutter

The cable stays where it is so it is dead easy to put it back. Really, if you are going to be skillful enough to adjust your wheel bearings, (pay particular attention to the text in the Haynes and DO NOT LEVER against the inner surface of the hub with the screw driver) you should not be worried about getting the bearing cover back over the square end of the speedo cable. Clean the end of the cable, and clean all the gunge out of the square hole. Gently take up the slack in the cable and ease the cover over it. Cold, the wheel bearing might just feel a little tight according to Haynes set up, but remember the hub expands due to the heat from the disc and all will be well once up to temperature. Getting the balance right is where the real skill comes in. Grease does not flow to any great degree at normal wheel bearing temperatures so you will not get much grease into the bearings unless you take the hub off. Over filling the cavity just increases the likelyhood that grease will seep past the oil seal and contminate the disc and pads.

Thanks to all. In fact, having now looked at the 'thing' with a magnifying glass it seems quite straightforward so I can rearrage today which was to 'do the hub' and some painting in the house and take up the offer of a day out and do the hub in ten minutes tomorrow. Not sure about how long the paintings is going to take though.