Front wheel bearing collapsed - advice needed

[adam quantrill]

TVRleigh_BBWR said:

I know I said I would stay away for Ebay, but they have a set of QH, I'm sure there be the same I'd get from a motor factors.
Problem I have is there is not any near where I work, or live, plus don't want to spend allday trying to find someone who has stock
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UPPER-LOWER-BALL-JOINT-SET-F...

Those ebay ones look good - why not ask the seller what the casting numbers are on the metalwork? He has 10 to sell after all.

Anyway Leigh - I thought you lived in Essex - a motor factors on every street corner?

[C O Jones]

The Haynes book of lies and half-truths for the Granada says tighten to a torque setting of 27 lbf ft (36 Nm) and slacken the nut by 90 degrees OR endfloat 0.001 - 0.005 in (0.03 - 0.13mm).

About the same as the bible.

Russ

[TVRleigh_BBWR]

adam quantrill said:

TVRleigh_BBWR said:

I know I said I would stay away for Ebay, but they have a set of QH, I'm sure there be the same I'd get from a motor factors.
Problem I have is there is not any near where I work, or live, plus don't want to spend allday trying to find someone who has stock
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UPPER-LOWER-BALL-JOINT-SET-F...

Those ebay ones look good - why not ask the seller what the casting numbers are on the metalwork? He has 10 to sell after all.

Anyway Leigh - I thought you lived in Essex - a motor factors on every street corner?

Essex is a big place.

[TVRleigh_BBWR]

C O Jones said:

The Haynes book of lies and half-truths for the Granada says tighten to a torque setting of 27 lbf ft (36 Nm) and slacken the nut by 90 degrees OR endfloat 0.001 - 0.005 in (0.03 - 0.13mm).

About the same as the bible.

Russ

Well I did a reverse check on them by tightening them to 27lb and seeing how far they went round, and it was 90 degress.
Maybe I'm calculating the distance the nuts moves at 18 TPi

[TVRleigh_BBWR]

Just an update, I found 90 degree's too much and the nut came a bit loose, 60 degree's seemed a lot better.

[adam quantrill]

Hi Leigh - just checking - you musta put a few miles on them now? No problems with the bearings binding with the 60 degree backoff formula?

[adam quantrill]

I use this 60 degrees formula and it works well, have put many miles on now.

[TVRleigh_BBWR]

adam quantrill said:

I use this 60 degrees formula and it works well, have put many miles on now.

Yea never had a problem at 60 degree's