Also how was the wheel bearing fitted into your car will influence a good or bad performance. If they get fitted exceeding the specified torque the bearing will very likely get damaged, therefore it will last less time. Also, there are specific wheel bearing removal tool to unfit and fit b...
Before you begin, carefully inspect your wheel for any bent or broken spokes. Make sure your hub bearings don’t have any play and then carefully squeeze a drop of light oil into all of your spoke holes. Spoke nipples have a regular right-hand thread, but that while you’re truing a w...
so if you have someone helping you, have them stand on the brakes. Otherwise, do not torque this bolt until the car is touching the ground. Now reattach your wheel and torque the bolts to 100 ft-lbs. If you did not
First off, lemmie just say that the front wheel bearings on our cars seem to last forever. Even with my near 250,000 miles, I think after replacing mine they were probably fine. But actually, they’re so easy to replace, if you have the money, you might as well go and do it just...
Most people think that wheel alignment is best left to the professionals, but some alignment specs are easy to check yourself at home. Here is how.
The rear wheel bearings are permanently sealed units within the hub and not serviceable on a PT Cruiser. A failure of the hub bearing requires replacement. The hub, however, requires several special tools and a heavy-duty press to remove the pressed in hub bearing. These tools are not normal...
“One of the engineers came out and said, ‘Smell this bearing… they smell different.’ And there we were, sniffing the bearings. “Sure enough, the good bearing and bad bearing smelled different. It was the last thing. We had measured everything, taken pictures—we just hadn’t sniffed...
Loose or improperly adjusted wheel bearings. Check and adjust wheel bearings to specifications. Insufficient caster.This may be due to increased ride height at the rear of the vehicle (raising the rear end with air shocks or air springs) or lowered ride height at the front of the vehicle (we...
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drive side wheel hub. The wheel is held on with a nut and single washer. The hub is not held firmly in a location on the axle and is able to slide back and forth on the axle a good half inch even though the nut is tightened all the way down to its bottom threads on the axle....