Wheel Bearings
#1
Wheel Bearings
Hiya,
I have a 2wd sapphire cosworth & I must have gone through 10-12 wheel bearings over the last 4/5 years. I do about 4000 miles a year & I have changed them on all 4 corners numerous times. I was wondering if anyone else had this issue.
Cheers
Simon
I have a 2wd sapphire cosworth & I must have gone through 10-12 wheel bearings over the last 4/5 years. I do about 4000 miles a year & I have changed them on all 4 corners numerous times. I was wondering if anyone else had this issue.
Cheers
Simon
#2
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Not that I have read about, there was one that had judder after a ring trip which had new bearings to try and solve it.
I wonder if your stub axles might have play in them perhaps or something like that?
I have the Wrc hubs on my 4x4 pug cossie and those bearings are huge, I believe they are Ford Transit bearings.
I wonder if your stub axles might have play in them perhaps or something like that?
I have the Wrc hubs on my 4x4 pug cossie and those bearings are huge, I believe they are Ford Transit bearings.
#4
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That doesn't make sense at all. I assume you can't just tighten them after 1000 miles once bedded in?
#5
Not sure to be honest. Sometimes the bearings have collapsed, or just whine like hell. I'm not sure if the grease is up to standard as it looks like the bearing & grease have got too hot. I always tighten the nuts up to the correct torque settings so not sure must to do.
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Not sure to be honest. Sometimes the bearings have collapsed, or just whine like hell. I'm not sure if the grease is up to standard as it looks like the bearing & grease have got too hot. I always tighten the nuts up to the correct torque settings so not sure must to do.
#7
There is something going on that is not normal. I recently had new rear wheel bearings fitted on the rear of my 2wd Saff after 67,000 miles. I am not suggesting that you have done anything wrong but maybe you have misunderstood part of the installation prochedure or torque settings?
We have just bought a new torque wrench, fingers crossed this solves the issue.
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#8
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How strange? Something isn't right. As you've been through so many it can't be the bearings at fault and as its all four it can't be that all the hubs are at fault surely?
Maybe it is the grease as you suggest?
Ive not changed a bearing on mine in the 12 years I've owned it.
Maybe it is the grease as you suggest?
Ive not changed a bearing on mine in the 12 years I've owned it.
#10
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How are you getting the old bearings out and new ones in?
#12
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I can't work out what is going wrong
#14
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How strange? Something isn't right. As you've been through so many it can't be the bearings at fault and as its all four it can't be that all the hubs are at fault surely?
Maybe it is the grease as you suggest?
Ive not changed a bearing on mine in the 12 years I've owned it.
Maybe it is the grease as you suggest?
Ive not changed a bearing on mine in the 12 years I've owned it.
#16
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Et33 is fine on a saph
#18
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So it's got nothing to do with spacers, and we assume that the bearings and hubs are not at fault.
It must have something to do with the method used for pressing them in or the torque setting?
Maybe your old torque wrench has been doing you no favours at all?
It must have something to do with the method used for pressing them in or the torque setting?
Maybe your old torque wrench has been doing you no favours at all?