Rear wheel bearing collapsed!

[KKson]

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.

[KKson]

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!

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.

[KKson]

Thanks Mark - I've got two new pukka nyloc hub nuts which I've had in stock for some time. As far as I can see the existing nut has not been drilled and pinned so may well be the original. Car still only has 57k on the clock. Cheers.

[KKson]

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.

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