rear wheel bearings

[400sedave]

Does anybody know how to adjust these things on a 400se? I took mine for a run down to Bath the other day and now when i rock it there is a little bit of play in the passenger side rear wheel.
Any advice welcome.

[wedg1e]

You sure it's the bearing and not play in a bush?
Rear wheel bearings are as Ford Granada Mk. 2; they are dual-row ball with split inner race so there should be no play as you describe (a taper roller would be OK).
Hub nut should be torqued to 250 lbs. ft. Ideally it should be secured with a split pin (drill through the nut and the stub axle).

Ian

[GreenV8S]

They're notorious for coming undone because they *don't* use a left-hand thread on the near side! If you tackle this be prepared for suspension-bending levels of torque to undo and re-tighten the nut, and also that the nut needs to be pinned, glued, welded plus gaffer tape round the outside and it will still somehow manage to come undone!

[jmorgan]

UJ's? They would give play. Well mine did.

[shpub]

It can also be caused by play in the hub carrier bushes as well. Tower View had to get mine rebushed. I was getting about 3-5 degrees of variable camber!

[adam quantrill]

If the nut is already loose, and causing the play, you
will be able to torque it up relatively easily.

I recommend split-pinning these things for safety.
If the shaft has already been drilled through once, don't drill it again. What I do is mark the end of the shaft lined up with the existing drill hole. (Paint line or hacksaw a groove). Then I put on the nut, torque it, and drill it lined up with my mark. I usually find the existing hole no probs.

The other advantage of split-pinning is you can re-use the same nut (they are a fiver a pop).

When retorquing a used bearing I don't go to the full 250lbf, probably only about 150-200, and you'll get no play.

[400sedave]

thanks everyone. I'll have a further investigate at the weekend. I am thinking it might be a UJ now though, because it is such a tiny amount of play that i can feel at the wheel.

[mrcrappy]

My 350 has always had a bit of play on both back wheels, changed the bushes to poly, replaced the uj's and the bearings still the same, when you look closely its just the suspension moving because of the design, you may have to find a nice MOT man that will listen to your problems.