len_beach
ClioSport Club Member
E92 M3,172 track car
Evening guys. Long time, no see.
The bullet is still in my possesion (just) and has failed its MOT on a few niggly points today, 1 being the N/S rear bearing.
I first changed the rear bearing about 3 months ago after it gave way spectacularly around a roundabout and ended with the rear wheel having 2 inches of lateral movement.
The old bearing literally fell off. At the end of the stub axle was a washer with a tapered lip which I assumed should be there but I couldn't remember how it should sit at rebuild time.
I fitted the washer flush to the back of the stub axle with the taper pointing towards the wheel sitting inside the new bearing. This bearing died abut 4 weeks later.
I rebuilt it again but the new bearing has now gone.
Can someone confirm the correct configuration and also the correct torque setting.
Thanking you.
The bullet is still in my possesion (just) and has failed its MOT on a few niggly points today, 1 being the N/S rear bearing.
I first changed the rear bearing about 3 months ago after it gave way spectacularly around a roundabout and ended with the rear wheel having 2 inches of lateral movement.
The old bearing literally fell off. At the end of the stub axle was a washer with a tapered lip which I assumed should be there but I couldn't remember how it should sit at rebuild time.
I fitted the washer flush to the back of the stub axle with the taper pointing towards the wheel sitting inside the new bearing. This bearing died abut 4 weeks later.
I rebuilt it again but the new bearing has now gone.
Can someone confirm the correct configuration and also the correct torque setting.
Thanking you.
