[Shotimes] Wheel Bearing replacement?

[Bruce Malachuk]

Well  what spurred me to do this iwas the sudden appearance of a noise while
in motion when turning at low speeds. At first I thought it was the brakes
making contact with the rotor or me not having the wheels tq'd down to the
right specs. but when I lifted up the wheel and got play, that was enough
for me.

Bruce
94 Opal Frost MTX
93 Black ATX - winter beater then parts car :-)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael" <molsen@excite.com>
To: <bmalach1@nycap.rr.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Wheel Bearing replacement?


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> Bruce,
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> I'm just curious, but what are the symptoms on drivability from a wheel
bearing with play in it?  Did you experience any shaking? If so, at what
speed?  Any noises? ...
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> Michael
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> 94MTX,green,BOS+
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>  --- On Fri 07/04, Kevin & Cheryl Airth < clubairth@peoplepc.com > wrote:
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> From: Kevin & Cheryl Airth [mailto: clubairth@peoplepc.com]
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> To: bmalach1@nycap.rr.com, shotimes@autox.team.net
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> Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 13:19:16 -0500
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> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Wheel Bearing replacement?
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> Bruce:<br> I would just check the other bearing, maybe let the machine
shop take look.<br>No point in replacing something good. Watch that the
bearings are pressed in<br>properly by the shop. Look at the spindles and
how the bearing sets in them<br>before you send them out. Get the old
bearings back. They should not be<br>beaten up if the shop has a press.
Otherwise just pound them in and out at<br>home yourself! Just like the old
days!<br>.<br>Replace the front sway bar body mounts too. How about the
strut rod<br>bushings? Does the control arm come with bushings? Do you have
the proper<br>tool for the inner tie rods? The big socket for the hub
nuts?<br>You can pound the axle out of the hub but Autozone does have a free
loaner<br>hub puller.<br>.<br>.<br><br><br><br>> Hey all, need some help
making sure I'm getting everything I need to<br>replace<br>> my two front
wheel bearings before the convention. Well only one is got<br>play<br>> to
it but I figure what's good for one is
>   good for the other. I'm gonna be<br>> doing this myself with the
exception of the pressing in and out of the new<br>and<br>> old bearings. I
plan to pull both front knuckles and take them over to my<br>> local napa
that has a machine shop in it and have them do the pressing of<br>the<br>>
bearings.<br>><br>> So I need to order all the "needed" parts ahead of time
so that I'm not<br>trying<br>> to find all these things last minute or spend
loads on buying them<br>locally. I<br>> figure that I need to get 2 of the
large nut on the end of the spindle and<br>the<br>> bearings themselves. Is
there anything else I should be getting when doing<br>> this? Also are there
any good tips or tricks to these? I'm gonna be<br>replacing<br>> my Lower
control arms and ball joints at the same time as well as both the<br>> inner
and outer tie rods, and the front sway links too. I have just about<br>>
everything I need except for the control arms and the bearing parts
and<br>I'm<br>> just abou
>  t to submit an order on rockauto.<br>><br>> I know I'm gonna need an
alignment after this so I'm planning on getting<br>that<br>> scheduled for
late in the day that I plan on attacking this. Cause I also<br>need<br>> a
new windshield, and my NYS inspoection taken care of.<br>><br>>
Thanks<br>><br>> Bruce<br>> 94 Opal Frost MTX<br>> 93 Black ATX - winter
beater then parts car :-)<br>>
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