Thanks for the help terry, I've taken both the dive shafts from the hubs. and the noise is definatly coming from the suspension arm... Its really annoying I've got a torque wrench (bout foot long) and it kept clicking so I turned the torque up as high as possible.... then I bent the hammer which was stoping the studs turning :).... So do you think its best to do it with the wheel on? I dont think Im going to have much luck with it off. Its just theres not much room as its lowered and the torque wrench or bar will hit the muffler. I can take it to my friends house with a pit, which might make it easier to get force on the wheel.
Least I'm pushing the car onto the ground and not lifting it up. Maybe this is a job for the mechanics after all.... How much would they charge?? (lol, sure I do give up easy) Anyway thanks for the help Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 5:29 PM 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
