Wheel bearing again!!!!!
ok, so this past spring I installed a good used right front wheel bearing/hub on my 99 SSEi. Well since July I've only put about 5 miles on the car. For the past 4+ weeks it been sitting in my parents back yard with the interior out to dry.
I put the drivers seat back in and started the car and pulled it around front to install the rest of the interior. As I was driving it around the block the wheel bearing was howling. Worse than the one I took off back in March/April. Crazy thing is the wheel bearing was perfectly unnoticable the last time I drove it about 5-6 weeks ago. Just venting..... wasn't the most fun the first time around and now this time I have to find another 3/4"-1/2" adapter so I can use the perfect ratchet for the job as my brother lost the one I had. Anyone else had a wheel bearing go out just like that? |
I have a used bearing if you need one, I got a set from a low mileage 98 and only used one of them.
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This is why I personally wouldn't use a used wheel bearing unless I was selling the car very soon (shady, maybe) It is one thing I wouldn't want to be doing more than once.
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Are you positive it's a bearing and not just the rust on the rotors starting to wear off and clean up? You can get noise from rusty rotors w/o applying brakes.
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Travis -How much do you want for it? It doesn't really matter to me as I can get one around here from a salvage yard for less than $30 so it's not a big expense.
Originally Posted by BillBoost37
Are you positive it's a bearing and not just the rust on the rotors starting to wear off and clean up? You can get noise from rusty rotors w/o applying brakes.
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Did you destroy the dust seal on the back when you pulled them? I'm thinking water got in there and sat for a while causing your problems.
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Originally Posted by popatim
Did you destroy the dust seal on the back when you pulled them? I'm thinking water got in there and sat for a while causing your problems.
What makes you think there would have been water up that high while it was sitting? :? :oops: |
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