Renault JE wheel bearing cap

My parents lost the bearing cap on their car. Our car service station couldn't get the part because the car is to old...
So i made the part

Florian Knopp

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Description

This is an enter for a Student Project.

I made the wheel bearing cap for the Renault Espace III (Type JE). The original part had a big crack in it.
Our local service station couldn't get the part because the car is to old. So i measured the cap on the other wheel and printed a new one.
The part is printed in flexible filament.
The main purpose of this cap is to keep the grease on and in the wheel bearings. This protects it from water and rusting. Bearings love grease :)
If you want to do that you need some thick grease. Preferably bearing grease. And use a lot.
More grease = more better.

The cap now holds up for the 3rd week of daily use and will probably hold up for much longer

This is an enter for a Student Project

Details

My parents used tape to seal everything. It worked too, but a new cap is a much cleaner solution.

Files

Renault JE wheel bearing cap.pdf Measurements of the model Adobe Portable Document Format - 42.10 kB - 02/09/2018 at 15:31	Preview	Download

Renault JE wheel bearing cap.stl .stl file for 3D printing Standard Tesselated Geometry - 4.46 MB - 02/09/2018 at 15:31		Download

Build Instructions

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Printing and inserting the the cap

You can print this without supports. I used flexible filament (TPU) to print the cap. This prevents the hooks from snapping off when you insert the cap. Use a ton of grease. The cap on the other side was full of it.

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Discussions

3ahmad-re wrote 07/19/2021 at 18:21

Looks good. Can I modify this Grease model for my grease trap to make it faster?

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lothar-knopp wrote 02/09/2018 at 20:21

Works perfect in my car !