You know when wheel bearings are gone when....

[Tunst]

They come out in several bits....

Took this out of Nashys 182 on monday, after him bitching about an annoying wheel bearing noise..

I was expecting it to be quite worn but i didnt expect it to come out in different bits!

 

[Dave..]

Bloody hell! Lucky to still have the wheel on!

 

[Alastair.]

got proper use outa that

 

[Tunst]

Yeah deffo got his moneys worth!

 

[RS182Lancs]

F*ck me! :nono:

 

[VeinAST]

Must've whined like a pig in a shredder!

 

[Will.]

Stupid question. What sort of whining does a fucked bearing make?

 

[VeinAST]

Stupid question. What sort of whining does a fucked bearing make?

Well it's more of a dull drone that gets louder the faster you go. I swear you were in my 1.4 once when I had mine go?

 

[Will.]

I never went in your 1.4.

Mine is making a noise at the moment but thought it might be brake related as my brakes squeal as well.

 

[Rob]

Like a humming, Will. Which increases with speed. You can easily tell its not the exhaust by disengaging the clutch and seeing if its still there. Also, swerving from side to side a bit indicates which side is fecked.

 

[Will.]

Yup got a bit of swearving which I put down to tracking. Might get the bearing checked out.

 

[Dave..]

Yup got a bit of swearving which I put down to tracking. Might get the bearing checked out.

No, he meant if you swerve from side to side, you can hear which side makes more of a noise as you put pressure on that wheel. If you have a problem with the car tramlining that will be down to alignment.

If it's rear bearings that have gone, just replace the discs. Front bearings become a little more of a pain.

 

[Tunst]

Must've whined like a pig in a shredder!

It was horrific lol

Stupid question. What sort of whining does a f**ked bearing make?

Well it's more of a dull drone that gets louder the faster you go. I swear you were in my 1.4 once when I had mine go?

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It can also get louder the faster you go depending on how bad it is

No, he meant if you swerve from side to side, you can hear which side makes more of a noise as you put pressure on that wheel. If you have a problem with the car tramlining that will be down to alignment.

If it's rear bearings that have gone, just replace the discs. Front bearings become a little more of a pain.

Your telling me, everything was seized on this, it took 7 tonne of pressure to get that bearing outa the hub!

 

[Will.]

Deffo isn't the rear as I have just put new discs in.

Oh in that case I'l just sort the problem with the front brakes first and see if the noise goes.

 

[Tunst]

Deffo isn't the rear as I have just put new discs in.

Oh in that case I'l just sort the problem with the front brakes first and see if the noise goes.

Find a straight bit of quiet road, and as rob says just drift from one side to the other, it will get louder/more droany when more pressure is put on the bearing thus telling you which side it is

 

[Will.]

Ok I'l give that a go tomorrow. Cheers.

 

[Tunst]

Ok I'l give that a go tomorrow. Cheers.

Just dont do what my mate did and put you car in the ditch when your checking this

 

[Will.]

FLOL. Straight road, no ditches. Got it.

 

[Dave..]

Your telling me, everything was seized on this, it took 7 tonne of pressure to get that bearing outa the hub!

Not fun!

 

[Tunst]

Not fun!

im glad it went at 7 tonne, i only have a 10 tonne press :dapprove:

 

[sideways danny]

im glad it went at 7 tonne, i only have a 10 tonne press :dapprove:

I use the 50 tonne electro-hydraulic press at the engineers up the road. Best piece of kit EVER

 

[Tunst]

I use the 50 tonne electro-hydraulic press at the engineers up the road. Best piece of kit EVER

I bet it is, i want a go

 

[DrR]

How many miles had it done?

 

[Nashy]

50k and it was so loud couldn't hear the ktr exhaust!!! Like a jumbo jet was following me!! Yeah my nagging was justified in the end!!