different sized gsi wheel bearings?

[steviegsi]

basically i'm putting new wheel bearings into the gsi, but the housing on one side seems to be a wee bit smaller. is this the norm?

[mowgli]

they are all the same

[steviegsi]

As in both sides should be the same , or all of them are different sizes left to right? If both sides should be the same , would I be right in thinking that a smaller engined (1.0, 1.2 etc) car would have a smaller housing/hole for the wheel bearing to fit into than the 1600's? As some muppet may have just stuck a pov spec one on at some point. Cheers

[MattBrown]

All the same IIRC, early to late maybe differant, someone did say on here that the castor was differant from early to late.

Try a mk1.5 one:thumb:

[MK999]

Personally I think it's probably the mk12 revision 2a bearing in a mk6.25 hub, that will just never fit. :roll:

Either that or its worn.

[Danny s-p]

mk1.5 wat going on there like never heard of that before

[Lee]

Its a running joke and not really giving you the answer you require lol.

All Nova hub carriers and hubs are the same.

[djbrowney]

This is a very simple answer, you have a nova hub one side (the smaller bearing size) and a corsa hub the other (the bigger bearing size) by 2 mm iirc.

this may have been changed by previous owner ect ect

people will now try and tell you the bearings are the same size in nova and corsa and i will tell you they ****ing aint because i had the same problem my self

browney

[Lee]

This is a very simple answer, you have a nova hub one side (the smaller bearing size) and a corsa hub the other (the bigger bearing size) by 2 mm iirc.

this may have been changed by previous owner ect ect

people will now try and tell you the bearings are the same size in nova and corsa and i will tell you they ****ing aint because i had the same problem my self

browney

If thats the case then a corsa hub carrier would be an ideal mod for a 2.0? Why have I never heard of this before? Interesting! :)

[djbrowney]

when me and fenny built the green nova, we took 2 hub carriers, went a bough 2 wheel bearing for a corsa at £35 each (me being tight though **** there expensive) so i asked how much nova one's were £12 each so i had them and got a differnt set of carriers from a nova lol (now that is tight)

it the external measurment thats differnt because the hub still fits in side the bearing all the same lee !!!

[Rick Draper]

Corsa hub carriers certainly on newer sports etc are slightly different to nova ones.

[NavNova]

I was in with Vauxhall last weekend and the guy in the parts department told me that a GTE/GSI had a larger bearing than the other lower spec nova's.

I cant remember what size he said but the GTE/GSI was 2mm bigger.

[nova-taken]

My vauxhall dealer tried to tell me that they didnt make a mk1 1.4sr nova!!

never trust what they tell you, cuz they arent always correct mate

[Lee]

it the external measurment thats differnt because the hub still fits in side the bearing all the same lee !!!

All the better, that means the bearing's bigger :)

[djbrowney]

All the better, that means the bearing's bigger :)

wouldnt make any differnce if you runing machined hubs because thats the part that breaks !!!

alot better if you running machined knuckles :thumb:

[mowgli]

QH only list one, and it fits some other small block vauxs

[Lee]

wouldnt make any differnce if you runing machined hubs because thats the part that breaks !!!



This is true, however it would be a useful mod to beef up the bearings if running larger wheels

[djbrowney]

This is true, however it would be a useful mod to beef up the bearings if running larger wheels i see you point lol lol

[phazer]

For the Nova Vx list part number 90447280 which is now NLS. Replacement part number is 90510544. The original part number is shared with the Mk2&3 Astra.

Corsa B has part number 90447280 listed (along with the OD at 60mm). This part is also NLS and the replacement part number is 90510544.

Corsa B is exactly the same part as the Nova. Corsa C has 3 different front bearings (small petrol, mid petrol and diesel). None of which are the same as the Nova and Corsa.

HTH

Small edit to change Corsa has 3 to Corsa C has

[djbrowney]

nice info have some rep

[mowgli]

so we are back to the fact that all std novas have the same bearings......

[djbrowney]

looks that way mow !!!

[phazer]

so we are back to the fact that all std novas have the same bearings......

lol yep worth having the part no's though.

[phazer]

nice info have some rep

pmsl at the rep comment :thumb:

[mowgli]

lol yep worth having the part no's though.

but when you consider that vauxhall probably hasn't made a bearing since 1930, and they just buy in a std bearing from wherever the best price is..... you would have to be raving mad to buy a genuine one as opposed to a 'pattern' bearing

[phazer]

Depends if you get wholesale pricing or not ;)

The spare alloy I bought for the VXR cost me what my local dealer paid for it

[mad-driver]

So they are all the same? I did wonder, as EPC lists 64mm and 66mm O.D, but only one type of knuckle, which doesn't make sense!? I fitted 64mm bearings to my 1400 SR the other week and they are fine.

Part numbers are:

64mm - 90486458 (javascript:partToIllxSearch('90486458');)
66mm - 90510544 (javascript:partToIllxSearch('90510544');) (same as Corsa B)

Can anyone confirm that ALL Nova's have 64mm O.D bearings?

Sam

[phazer]

Well no, EPC does not list two different bearing diameters for either Nova or Corsa B.

EPC lists the Corsa bearing as being 60mm OD, so the Nova is the same (but there is no OD measurment for the Nova but they share the same part number). There is only one bearing for the Corsa B.

The Corsa C has three different types, you sure you've not been looking at these?

[steviegsi]

Got it all sorted now everyone. Turns out the one was about 2mm smaller than the other, as someone suggested it must be a different carrier. The motor factors listed 2 different types for Novas.

[djbrowney]

:)

[steviegsi]

Yeah was you that had the answer you clever bastid.(couldnt be ''bovvered'' going back to the first page) lol. +rep

[phazer]

Got it all sorted now everyone. Turns out the one was about 2mm smaller than the other, as someone suggested it must be a different carrier. The motor factors listed 2 different types for Novas.

Interesting seeing as Vauxhall don't and never have listed two types of bearing. I checked on a current version of EPC 4.

[intergraleevo]

Have this problem, found this thread. I have choice of ordering two bearings - I need the 64mm one - right? It's for a Nova 1.3 SR strut

[MattBrown]

lol

So, we have gained from this thread.

That all nova bearings are the same

And the early and late corsa corsa ones are 2mm bigger?

Browny £35 for a bearing? WTF? :o lol Work is definately FTW with bearings lol

[Benn]

They are all the same. But BRT bearing list to sizes. The large one doesn't fit.