Rear Wheel Bearing wobble, New rear wheel bearing has unusual play |
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Rear Wheel Bearing wobble, New rear wheel bearing has unusual play |
paintguru |
Nov 12 2017, 11:08 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 24-October 15 From: Southern Oregon Member No.: 19,295 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Has anyone experienced excessive play in a newly installed rear wheel bearing? During the restoration of my 72 I installed new bearings. The left rear has no play and the hub rotates smoothly. The right side seems to have excessive play and with the car on the lift I can wiggle the tire and wheel left and right about 1/8th of an inch. Thinking I might have damaged the bearing during install I ordered another one. Yes I bought decent quality from Pelican and not a made in china cheapie. Again I carefully pressed in the bearing feeling confident it was not damaged but once again the hub rocks while the other side doesn't. Thoughts?
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76-914 |
Nov 13 2017, 10:14 AM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,489 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California |
I remember Cap'n Krusty saying that if you rolled the car around before tightening you could ruin them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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Dave_Darling |
Nov 13 2017, 10:27 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,981 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
I remember Cap'n Krusty saying that if you rolled the car around before tightening you could ruin them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Yup, that's been known for a long time. They're usually OK for just sitting, and maybe for pushing across the shop once or twice, without the stub axle in and torqued. But if you're doing anything more than that, the stub has to be in there and it has to be torqued up properly. --DD |
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