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Loose Rear Wheel Bearing |
MarkV |
May 12 2016, 05:22 PM
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Fear the Jack Stands Group: Members Posts: 1,493 Joined: 15-January 03 From: Sunny Tucson, AZ Member No.: 154 Region Association: None |
I had a noise coming from the rear of my car that sounded like something was loose clanking around in my trunk of something. When I would go over bumps something was rattling around. I looked all over the exhaust system and checked the CV joints and couldn't find anything loose. I even emptied everything out of the trunk including the jack. I jacked the car up and noticed that my passenger side rear wheel was loose...it had like 3/8" of play when I pulled on it from side to side. So I ordered a new SFK rear bearing and installed it. After installing the bearing there is still some play in it. Not like it was but I can still hear something loose just not as much. The driver side bearing I changed a few years ago is tight with no play. I remember that when I changed the passenger side there were marks on the retainer where it looked like the outside radius on the bearing had spun at some point....didn't pay much attention to it. I have ordered another bearing and I am getting ready to take it apart again. Has anyone ever had a problem like this with a rear bearing...any pointers?
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MarkV |
May 12 2016, 09:41 PM
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Fear the Jack Stands Group: Members Posts: 1,493 Joined: 15-January 03 From: Sunny Tucson, AZ Member No.: 154 Region Association: None |
I should have waited to post this when I had more time to wrench on it. I was curious so I took the wheel and cotter pin off. The wrench clicked when set at 200#. When I set it to 250# I didn't have enough huevos to get it to click so I had to stand on it. It clicked but it didn't turn very far. I had to put the big breaker bar on it and go past 250# to get the cotter pin to line up again.
I put the wheel back on and there was no more movement if I tried to go from side to side. When I tried to move the tire in at out at the top center I could still get it to move a tiny bit. It moved enough that it makes a noise. I jacked up the drivers side to see if there is any movement on that side and it doesn't move at all. Maybe I just need to take it apart again and closely examine everything. Maybe dress the flange retainer with a big file or a belt sander. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stromberg.gif) |
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