Hi guys, newbie here, I’m after some advice and possibly parts for my 02 Octavia vrs, the n/s front hub bearing is loose in the housing it’s sits in, is it worth getting it milled out and getting a bush inserted into it then the bearing  press fitted into it or just find a complete hub drive flange and bearing assembly? Cheers jonny 

Welcome aboard. I think personally if that was me I would be looking at the new hub, in order to make sure of a good fitting and to eliminate any potential all issues down the road.

Loctite bearing fit or a second hand hub carrier, hard to imagine any country where a machinists time to machine the housing then turn up an annular ring to both bearing fit and interference fit tolerances would work out less than 10 new hubs let alone one second hand one.

 

And the finished job would be dangerously weak compared to an original hub.

3 minutes ago, J.R. said:

Loctite bearing fit or a second hand hub carrier, hard to imagine any country where a machinists time to machine the housing then turn up an annular ring to both bearing fit and interference fit tolerances would work out less than 10 new hubs let alone one second hand one.

 

And the finished job would be dangerously weak compared to an original hub.

I was thinking the same, messaged a few guys who are breaking some cars but still waiting on the reply as to if they have the full assembly to sell, would then just replace the bearing for new 

10 minutes ago, DeanVRS20VT said:

Welcome aboard. I think personally if that was me I would be looking at the new hub, in order to make sure of a good fitting and to eliminate any potential all issues down the road.

You guys got any good contacts for a new hub? 

3 minutes ago, jonny tad said:

You guys got any good contacts for a new hub? 

I’m a stickler for OEM, so I would’ve gone to TPS for a new one. As much as I know you pay for genuine, I’d rather do it right once.

Are the Octavia hubs unique to that model or does any of the vw/Audi cars run the same?