Rattle gun... :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Terry Rudd Sent: Saturday, 30 November 2002 12:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Rear Wheel bearing
Richard, I crook wheel bearing will vary the noise (pitch) depending wether under load or not - so if you do a tyre warm up weave you'll have the noise on the side under load - bugger when they're both shot. To get that supa dupa tight nut off (240 ft/lbs) in a home garage you have to have the car on the ground. Get a good quality ratchet and socket (27mm or 1 1/16") and a 3 foot piece of water pipe or breaker bar. You can nearly lift the car off the ground (drivers side) gettin' that nut to budge and the reverse on the pass side. To remove the axle you are best to use a slide hammer i.e. plate or decent piece of angle iron drilled to match a couple of wheel studs and cabamm. A little heat around the hub can sometimes be required to free up a stubborn axle. Make sure you note the stamping (A, B or C) on the spacer between the axle so you re-fit it back into the same side. The rest of it is covered pretty well in the manual. A shot carrier bearing will normally whine all the time i.e. pitch changes with road speed and not load unless it's the pinion bearing. Likewise for unis but the noise from them is very different, more a rumble than a whining noise and the only way to check unis is by securing one side and rocking the other side and looking for play in the end caps of the joint. You can't get much of an idea from just jacking the wheels off the ground and running a 1600 IRS as a uni rearend is that noisy in brand new condition. Good luck with it, regards Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Webb Sent: Sunday, 1 December 2002 7:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Rear Wheel bearing Nevermind, Gregorys put it in Rear suspension section... I woulda thaught it was driveline. Now I just gotta work out a way of getting the nut that holds the bearing together off... its very tight. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 9:59 AM Subject: Rear Wheel bearing > I've recently had a kinda bearing noise (thats getting louder and louder) > coming from the rear of my car. Can someone tell me which bearing its most > likely to be? I can turn the wheel but the noise seems to come out of > somewhere on the left side. > > I've got the rear brakes off and Im trying to get to the bearing which is > inside the swing arm. Im not 100% sure its not one of the bearings in the > diff. > > is there any way of doing this without bleeding the brakes? :) I hate doing > that > > Richard > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
