Axlevara · series range
Front wheel bearing kits
Front wheel bearing kits for front-axle fitments, in VKBA-format cross-references, within the wheel bearing kit family.
- Range
- Front fitment kit series
- Catalogue
- Part of the wheel bearing kit family
- Reference
- VKBA-format references
The front corner does more work
A front wheel bearing kit serves the steered axle, and on front-wheel-drive cars the driven axle as well. The front kit range is built around those fitments: the bearing or hub unit for the corner, boxed with the other repair parts for the job, under a VKBA-format number.
Front kits by format
Front applications split between press-in bearing kits — for knuckles that still take a cartridge — and hub-unit kits where the corner is a bolt-on unit. The kit number carries the format with it, which is why this series is ordered by the VKBA-format reference rather than by describing the contents.
| Format | Corner type | Kit contents basis |
|---|---|---|
| Bearing kit | Press-in cartridge corner | Bearing plus the job's repair parts |
| Hub unit kit | Bolt-on unit corner | Hub unit plus the job's repair parts |
Front or rear: check before ordering
Front and rear kits for the same car are different parts. An inquiry that quotes a kit number needs no axle statement — the number settles it — but an inquiry by application should say front or rear, because both series cover the same vehicle from different corners.
Stocking front kits
Front kits turn faster than rear in most parcs, because the front corner carries steering and drive loads. Distributors building a kit shelf usually lead with this series and mirror it with the rear series by application.