Rear wheel bearing collapsed!
Discussion
Well just went for a spin to Morrisons and back in the 390SE. Came out of the village and into the first right hand corner and rear nearside wheel bearing gave a scream, a judder and the handling became somewhat interesting. Coasted to a halt and there's now about 2" of movement in the wheel in all directions and a very nasty grinding noise as I wobble it about. I drove over to Wales last Sunday in it without a squeak or grumble so surprised it went without warning. New bearing and also new UJ ordered and I'll get both changed at the same time. Hey ho.
gmw9666 said:
Oh no :-(
Put the spanners down and break out the 350i for the thrills in the hills event on Saturday :-)
Would love to Glen but away the weekend at the caravan down near Tenby. 350i went to the office today and will do tomorrow. Thought I'd give the 390 a quick squirt. Anyway that's why I've got two - duty/standby for when one is broken!Put the spanners down and break out the 350i for the thrills in the hills event on Saturday :-)
Adam - I'll let my mate who is a technician/mechanic sort this one out. I'll just get the parts. He charged me £25 last time to change a rear bearing on the 350i and he has the large socket, press etc.
Bearing can fail strangely and quickly. My wife's car had started to made a bit of front end noise (sometimes) doing a slow turn into the driveway and going up over the ramp, I thought suspension squeak. I changed the brake pads and the front hub was rock solid. 3 weeks later I had a nail pulled out of the front tire and the hub was completely wobbly (1" or 2" of play) when in the air but solid to drive and no noise or clunking. And yes, I immediately changed the hub/bearing assembly.
What a PITA....Its best to replace in pairs, Does you mech mate know about NOT drilling the stub axle again but marking where the hole is, Might be worth getting a couple of new hub nuts...O/S can be a nyloc but N/S MUST be a castellated and only the collar needs drilling....(Most know this but just in case )
Most of the wheel bearings on our cars have probably been on there a while, The fronts seem to start making a rumbling noise and can sometimes be re-greased and tightened up a tad, Perhaps the rears can be felt through play rather than heard pre-failure??
I think we all need to check some of these parts more often....How many have checked their rear lower suspension bolts since mine and Adams snapped...Adams was the second person I knew of who's bolts had snapped and I had actually bought new ones soon after, I just forgot about it...
Im now going to jack mine up and see if there is any play in the wheels...I have had a rumbling but when I coast it goes away so I blame the exhaust...;)
Im so glad that in the time I have been a member of the Wedge fraternity no-one has ever been hurt in an incident where parts have failed...Most of the time I think we have been lucky.....
Ziga
Most of the wheel bearings on our cars have probably been on there a while, The fronts seem to start making a rumbling noise and can sometimes be re-greased and tightened up a tad, Perhaps the rears can be felt through play rather than heard pre-failure??
I think we all need to check some of these parts more often....How many have checked their rear lower suspension bolts since mine and Adams snapped...Adams was the second person I knew of who's bolts had snapped and I had actually bought new ones soon after, I just forgot about it...
Im now going to jack mine up and see if there is any play in the wheels...I have had a rumbling but when I coast it goes away so I blame the exhaust...;)
Im so glad that in the time I have been a member of the Wedge fraternity no-one has ever been hurt in an incident where parts have failed...Most of the time I think we have been lucky.....
Ziga
batman400 said:
Andy Tank had some last year.
I reused the nylock ones and added threadlock !
i got mine from Andy a few years back now.I reused the nylock ones and added threadlock !
Dom - wheel bearing kit I bought was from TVR Parts - we'll see what the quality is like. Last year for the 350i I bought the kit off RT Racing, so Richard also can supply them. Cheers
You will quite possibly find either the hub nut has come loose causing the inner races to part resulting in lots of play, or possibly in addition to this the hub nut has loosened causing the balls in the bearing to break like split peas, I seen both. Likely hood of huge instant bearing wear is slim to nil.
I made castellated nuts, sorted once and for all, before negative Normans chip in, the hole through the shaft is in the last 5mm, all the load bearing is well before that as the nylon or in this case castellations are in this portion, so it was never load bearing in the first place, they have been fitted for about 25 years now without issue. Also possible it has loosened due to the washer behind the nut deforming.
Castellated nut with D3 tool steel washer...
Chris.
I made castellated nuts, sorted once and for all, before negative Normans chip in, the hole through the shaft is in the last 5mm, all the load bearing is well before that as the nylon or in this case castellations are in this portion, so it was never load bearing in the first place, they have been fitted for about 25 years now without issue. Also possible it has loosened due to the washer behind the nut deforming.
Castellated nut with D3 tool steel washer...
Chris.
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