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bgammie1 · Joined: 20 Mar 2011 Posts: 100 Location: Snellville, GA

What is the trick to removing the bearing in the ignitiion switch housing?
I've been beating on the bearing with a drift pin but I am conceend I might beak the housing so I stopped. Looks like the end it comes out of has been rolled over, do I have to grind it off.
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Joes924Racer · Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 12:34 pm Post subject:

I don't know usually the whole housing is replaced whatever you do though you don't want 2 beak the housing.
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Harm · Joined: 02 Apr 2009 Posts: 1378 Location: Holland

The older 924s have a bearing in top of the steering column that is replaceable and will cost you about $45.

The younger Steering Lock Housing (1981>) can be found at several places… for instance:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Vw-Mk1-Jetta-Ignition-lock-and-Bearing-Rebuild-Kit-NEW-/320128784731

You'd have to bring your ignition lockcilinder over to the fresh housing so you want to read this…
DIY: Removing the lock cylinder from ignition housing http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?4279096

I've read of Mk1 folks replacing the bearing themselves in the past,
but I have no DIY online reference to that (or remarks in English).

I haven't replaced mine yet, though I noticed the difference.
Image of two bearings next to each other of the Vdub and Toofah.

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one is older, I forgot which one… I'm guessing here! OLD <— vs —> YOUNG. CMIIW

HTH
Regards, Harm.

Edit01: Update.
Although there is a noticable difference between the bearings pictured above,
these both are suppossed to be considered YOUNG, if…
I don't think a 914 bearing would fit these two.
Q: Is the 914 bearing's outerdiameter larger?

Ozzie · Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:20 pm Post subject:

The end the bearing comes out of has to be either broken or ground off.

Not ideal but unless you wont to replace the whole assembly there is no choice.

The 914 has a bearing to fit and is about $25.
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bgammie1 · Joined: 20 Mar 2011 Posts: 100 Location: Snellville, GA

All who replied, thanks for the feedback.
I filed down the rolled over edge and was able to remove the bearing.
When there is a will there is a way.
I can't belive Porsche used platic as a mating surface.
I the nner part of the bearing is made of plastic and crumbled I guess because of old age and there was a lot of slop in the steering column.
Fixed, on to the next issue.
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morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9102 Location: Romania

Used the info provided by Harm to refresh my steering assembly today.
In my case the bearing had play and two of the three arms were broken.
I replaced the housing with one that had a good bearing inside and ofcourse all three arms intact. I also pressed some grease into the new bearing.
Now everything feels nice and tight.
Cheers Harm !

note1: to remove the housing from the steering column i had to use a press to take out the black plastic sleve that goes between the bearing and the steering wheel.

note2: My car is an 83 and the key barrel looks different from the ones you have in the pictures and from the one that was in my replacement housing. The original on my car has no plastic cover and has a steeper conical shape. I found out that this one was used in the 914.

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