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after many many stuggles with half shafts frozen in hubs I'm finally ready to replace the wheel bearings

Have shiny new ones from Mania ready to go in, but realised they have different seals - one side is metal, other is rubber. The ones that came out were metal on both.

Can anyone advise which side should be 'inside' the hub?

I assume it's metal side in so the hub seal has a surface to run on, and rubber out towards the wheel hub - but i've got a 50% chance of being wrong... or knowing me 100%..

Factory manual says install with the silver coloured oil seal on the inside.

thank you

the manuals i referred to just said “press bearing into hub”

Not a good manual! Actually the bearing is pressed into the knuckle, then the hub is pressed into the bearing.

I downloaded the factory manuals, or maybe found a link to them, from somewhere on this forum.