We have had our ’98 Clio from nearly new and I have removed the rear drums on a number of occasions to inspect the shoes, replace a cylinder etc. The wheel bolts onto the drum which contains the wheel bearing and fits onto the stub axle that protrudes from the back plate. To get to the brake shoes etc the hub nut has to be removed and the drum extracted from the stub axle.
The wheel bearing is an interference fit in the drum and can only be extracted one way with a circlip retaining it. The bearing comprises a single outer tube containing a roller bearing at the wheel end and a tapered roller bearing at the back plate end meaning that the inner section of the whole bearing is in two pieces. I realised at the weekend that the tapered roller section is removable by hand therefore due to the hub nut clamping onto the inner section of the bearing the security of the wheel is provided by the integrity of the roller bearing section of the wheel bearing alone.
I guess this is not unusual, any thoughts or experiences?
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