[Shotimes] Wheel Bearing replacement?

[Paul Nimz]

When my bearings were bad on the '97 it sounded like the brakes dragging.
But when you turned the wheel ever so slightly the sound went away.  It got
louder as time went on.  In the end you could grab the tire at 9 o'clock and
3 o'clock and move the wheel quite a bit.  Scary.

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Malachuk" <bmalach1@nycap.rr.com>
To: <molsen@excite.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Wheel Bearing replacement?


> 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?
>
>
> >
> > Bruce,
> >
> >
> >
> > 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? ...
> >
> >
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > 94MTX,green,BOS+
> >
> >
> >
> >  --- On Fri 07/04, Kevin & Cheryl Airth < clubairth@peoplepc.com >
wrote:
> >
> > From: Kevin & Cheryl Airth [mailto: clubairth@peoplepc.com]
> >
> > To: bmalach1@nycap.rr.com, shotimes@autox.team.net
> >
> > Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 13:19:16 -0500
> >
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Wheel Bearing replacement?
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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