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In Reply to: New (to me) 323i . . . and some questions posted by Brian E. on February 28, 2000 at 10:18:10:
It's best to adjust bearings with wheel and tire mounted. Here's a reader's digest on doing it like so.
While you're rotating the wheel and tire assembly, tighten wheel bearing adjusting nut to approximately 12 ft. lbs. to seat all bearing parts.
- Back off adjusting nut approximately one flat (flat- 1/6 of a hexagon side of a nut) and retighten nut until it is finger tight.
- Install cotter pin. If cotter pin holes do not line up easily, back off on nut for alignment. Never tighten adjusting nut to line up cotter pin holes.
Bearing adjustment is correct when the wheel assembly can be manually moved in and out a minimum of .001" and a maximum of .005" .
Hope this helps...
i>: Some of you may remember my posting (2/22) on this board, as well as a couple on the '02 board. . . well, I finally bought the 323i (w/88 325i conversion) from the gentleman here in Denver on Saturday. Yay!!! I paid a fair price for the market here considering the car is in very good shape mechanically, and only needs a couple of tweaks/improvements.
: A friend and I took the car driving to the mountains nearby (dirt, pavement, switchbacks, etc...) and the car amazed me even more than when I drove it before I bought. I LOVE THIS CAR!!! The thing really kicks ass! There are a couple of things that concern me though - -
: 1. The front wheel bearings were loose at the end of the drive. I believe the previous owner replaced the bearings a short time ago, and maybe the shop just didn't tighten them down enough to compensate for the "settling in" they experience when they are repacked. Upon returning home, I repacked the outside taper bearing and tightened the nut until the hub was no longer spinning freely, and then backed it off very slightly (couple degrees) until the resistance was gone. BUT - driving to work today, they seem to be loosening (settling) again. How much should I tighten the bearings? (I've heard 60 ft/lb, but would've been really wrenching hard) . . . please advise…
: 2. Before working on the bearings, I started to jack the front end up using the front jack panel (on the body - ack!) and it was pretty much rusted through. Is there any way to treat this to fix the problem until I have the metal replaced?
: 3. I would like to tighten up the steering response a little bit. Are there any easy tweaks on this car that do this?
: Thanks for the help!
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