Aircooled VW South Africa

Hi All
I'm trying to find out what wheel bearings does the fleetline use on the front?
I tried beetle,beetle with disc (1302/3) and early beetle, i was then told its a kit 179 but thats also wrong
Please can anyone help here
fanx

I don't have the kit number to hand, but I've never had any trouble sourcing them from Midas, etc. If your FLAPS can't help, then hit a bearing supplier.

The only problem I have found with the bearing kits is that the grease seal supplied is not the correct size, and the correct size seals are hard to find.

I will look up kit, bearing and seal numbers this weekend.

Thanks Fig

You guys might find http://www.vagcat.com useful

Anyfing Fig ?

what year?

Sorry Eben its a late model fleetline

Sorry, forgot to check this weekend; it'll have to wait for the weekend again.

What do you mean by "late model Fleetline"?

Strictly, Fleetline refers ONLY to the throwback Brazilian split buses built in SA in 1975, one year only.

If you're talking about the baysplit hybried that replaced the Fleetline from 76-78, I'm afraid I know almost nothing about them. They may use the same front wheel bearings and they may not.

Hi Fig
Thanx man weekend is fine, yep its a 75 Brazilian import localy assembled 15window split. Hey Eben or fig dont you have one of those "fish" pics of the front headlight assemblys on the split i might on the verge of a light breakthrough here if i can get a pic or two of the headlamp assembly.

splitfan wrote: i was then told its a kit 179 but thats also wrong

I finally remembered to check my bearing kits this weekend.

Kit 179 (SKF bearings) is indeed the correct one for the front wheel bearings on a Fleetline. As I said above, the seal in the kit is incorrect, but the bearings are the ones you need.

I wrote the individual bearing and seal numbers down, but don't have them with me; I'll post them later.

If kit 179 is not right for your bus, then maybe your brakes have been modified. Do you have any detail pics?

Hey Fig
Thanks 4 the effort man No i didnt take pics and i have send all the axels an stuff to my engineering guy for the disc convertion i would apreciate it if you could get me the size for the seals please i would like to keep it kinda standard for future reference.

1975 Fleetline and 64-67 Bus front wheel bearings:
Kit 179
Inner roller bearing: 67010
Outer roller bearing: 11910
Seal: 44 64 9