Enhance the performance of your wheels with the Volkswagen Wheel Bearing!

Roll Easily with Bearings

The wheels of a Volkswagen may be a pretty simple form of structure that supports the framework of the tire, but it definitely needs more than that. The wheels are the ones that make the tire roll on the road, carrying all the weight of the car and its occupants. Hence, this is a very abused part that needs much attention and all the enhancements that it could get. Fortunately, the Volkswagen wheels are being supported by the VW Wheel Bearing.

The wheel bearings live on one concept, and that is, things roll better than when they slide. It has been said that when two surfaces can roll over each other, the friction between them is greatly reduced. Just exactly what is needed on the road that is in contact with the tires. The VW Wheel Bearing simply reduces the friction by providing a smooth metal ball or roller, and a smooth inner and outer metal surface for the balls to roll against. This will be the actual “bearing” as the balls bears the load, therefore making the device to spin smoothly.

There are actually a lot of types of the bearing. As it was probably the most common, the ball bearings can be found in everything from inline skates to hard drives. This is because the load carried by this bearing is relatively small only. Roller bearings on the other hand, require the utilization of heavy loads. It has a variation that is the needle bearing, which uses cylinders with a very small diameter that allows the bearing to fit into tight places. The roller thrust bearing as explained earlier can support large thrust loads, and are most commonly found in car transmissions between the gears and between the housing and the rotating shafts. And the last one, the tapered roller bearings, are used in car hubs where they are usually mounted in pairs facing opposite directions in order to handle thrust in both directions. The VW wheel bearing is the last one, the tapered roller bearings.

One must take good care of his or her VW wheel bearings because they make it possible for the wheel to move or roll easily along the road. Have them checked regularly and do replacements when necessary, but be keen in choosing the same high-quality VW wheel bearing. Because with 80 years of creating efficient and durable VW parts, the wheel bearings will be the last thing that one would need to replace.