rear wheel bearings

Post by **he trys hard** » Sat Jun 23, 2018 12:44 pm

hi need some advise again we have had a noisy near side wheel bearing for a while now so finally got around to replacing it this Friday ,took it out this morning for a test drive and this side was fine no noise at all but when cornering left I now have a much worse noise coming from the off side. when I replaced bearing on near side I left the shims the same , so is this a endfloat issue or a wheel bearing need doing on the opposite side also ? any advise on where to go with this would be great cheers

Post by **scimjim** » Sat Jun 23, 2018 2:19 pm

Probably endfloat, it should be checked if the halfshafts are disturbed.

Post by **he trys hard** » Sat Jun 23, 2018 5:05 pm

which do you think would cause the noise from opposite side wheel ? too little end float or too much . will it be awkward to measure endfloat now with grease in and hubs refitted ?

Post by **he trys hard** » Mon Jun 25, 2018 8:28 pm

well who knew that 0.005 thou could make that much noise lol

Post by **philhoward** » Mon Jun 25, 2018 9:01 pm

I assume that was 0.005” (5 thou) and not 5 thousandths of a thou!

5 thou can make all the difference if it’s not where it should be.

Post by **scimjim** » Mon Jun 25, 2018 10:42 pm

Is that 5 thou over the 4-8 thou you need?

Post by **gtcse8** » Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:10 pm

Having done a few rear axle bearing renewals I have found that the only reasons for noise AFTER replacing One side has been either.

The other side bearing is worn/damaged, And should have been replaced or the shimming was NOT equal on the sides, so the noise is actually the preload pushing the orbital gears sideways inside the axle.

Post by **he trys hard** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 10:49 pm

yeap thats what it was the too much shimming on the new side ,sounds better now than it has since we bought it

Post by **scimjim** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:30 pm

Always good to hear other people’s experiences - a project thread for your car is also a useful reference point and even a history if you ever sell?