Wheel Bearing Question.

[Chris62]

I had new rear disks fitted about 3 weeks back. One of the bearings has now failed after only 300 ish miles

Renault have kindly offered to replace the disk for free. Question is am i safe to drive the car? As i have been told not to. There is no movement of the wheel and it has been ok for the past few days, just noisy!

 

[Struggler]

if theres no movement, it should be fine, usually they whine for a few thousand miles before movement develops,
though your bearing has clearly not been made properly so its impossible to tell!

 

[Rob]

If it has gone so quickly, it'd normally suggest it hadn't just worn out. Based upon that, I wouldn't be driving it a great deal.

 

[Darren S]

Mine droned for a few weeks until I got them replaced boths sides - though it was just the offside rear that was the issue.

You 'should' be ok. But how quickly can you get the replacement on?

D.

 

[Chris62]

Ok thanks guys.

I should be able to get it replaced within the next few days. Guess i will have to use my AA cover if it means travelling any distance.

 

[Fred@BTM]

someone not using a torque wrench me thinks

 

[Rob]

Not using a torque wrench can cause issues on that big ass bolt Fred? I thought it was just TAF

Looks like mine's coming off and back on this weekend.

Oh and a quick question regarding the discs you sent out, do you have to use the original spacer things that everyone is talking about?!?

 

[daddycool]

i would be interested to know about that nut too. i did mine up tight a couple of weeks ago and no noise yet, but didn't know what the torque was. i've got a 10-80 torque wrench, but i guess it should be in the region of 120Nm or something. i could torque it to 80 then a breaker bar for a bit more

 

[daddycool]

Not using a torque wrench can cause issues on that big ass bolt Fred? I thought it was just TAF

Looks like mine's coming off and back on this weekend.

Oh and a quick question regarding the discs you sent out, do you have to use the original spacer things that everyone is talking about?!?

the discs i got (not from fred) didn't come with spacers, but the original spacers were fine. i bought some from renault in anticipation of finding a broken one, about £7 each.

 

[Fred@BTM]

175nm for the rear hub nut

if you don't torque it it will fail

and yes spacers mst be used otherwise the bearing WILL fail also

 

[daddycool]

cheers. is there anyway to guesstimate the torque using angles, ie upto 80nm then 45 degrees? bit of a bodge i know but it saves forking out for a big torque wrench

 

[Gardus]

Fred do you have any advice for the front bearings too? As I already changed the driver side twice and now sometimes it makes a noise again...

 

[Chris62]

I didn't know anything about spacers, i thought you simply pop the old disk off and put the new one on. Would the spacer be on there? Excuse me if i sound thick lol , i didn't fit these myself.

And the torque wrench i will have to check..

These are the disks i bought - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270462568120&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT