wheel bearings gone....brown trouser moment

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 7:35 pm

going home at lunch last night (12hr night shifts), went round a roundabout, and instead of turning, the car just went in a straight line!!!

took the gypsy crusher (4x4) back to work, and had a look at the 480 today....both front wheels were loose....thought that the hub nut might have come loose....was plagued with that problem on the blue S.
wasnt.....took the hubs off, and both bearing races had basically disintegrated!!!
trip to GSF, hour later....me smiling again!!!!
(25 quid + vat EACH!! am i just a tight arsed yorkshire man, or is that steep?)

didnt seem to be any scoring or anything in the hubs.....shafts look ok, no detritus or bits of metal hangin around, so hopefully no more probs for a while
stuck the nuts back on, and used some industrial thread lock that the brother in law uses on plant machinery....
rgrds
rob

ReVolvoLution · Post by **ReVolvoLution** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 2:42 am

Hey, you one lucky hombria my friend!
Not sure whats luckier tho...... 'not having' a more serious accident or 'having' a Gypsy Crusher!!!!

Still not quite sure what one is but I dont care, I like the sounds of it anyway!

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 4:43 am

Gypsy Crusher

let's also quote

(4x4)

Glad you did clear that up, I thought you ment a large lady friend was in tow

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 5:24 am

oi....nothing wrong with large ladies!!!
i thought you liked em well built anyway mr holmes.....at least that what it looked like on the pics groomy showed me?

lol
rob

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 9:36 am

lol

you swine! You know me very well.

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 7:27 pm

lol @ martin.....

is there a bedding in period for new bearings?
i suppose, there should be for everything new, but im not sure hence me asking....

i dont want to shag em before theyre worn in!!
rgrds
rob

catgroom · Post by **catgroom** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 9:04 pm

No there no bedding in period Robbus.

Just do about 200 miles and then check the fornt wheels for top and bottom play,ooer! So they came out easily then what was left of them?I thought they were pressed in!!!!

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:19 pm

catgroom wrote:No there no bedding in period Robbus.

Just do about 200 miles and then check the fornt wheels for top and bottom play,ooer! So they came out easily then what was left of them?I thought they were pressed in!!!!

cheers steveo

yeah, they came out easily enough, as they had practically disintegrated....i had a nice piece of scaffolding pipe ready too!
just knocked the bits left in out with a hammer/screwdriver.....there really wasnt much left of them!
i figure i had about 1 inch play on the wheels by the time i got home (ie i jacked up the front end and wobbled the wheels....top of wheel moved that much!)

im wondering if something else is going though, cos im getting slippage round round abouts now.....just been home for me lunch, come to rbout, normally can go straight over at approx 50, got half way round, and started to lose the front end again!!
seems to be when i steer to the left, the car drifts to the right.
theres no sudden jerking, the cars settled on the suspension etc, it just seems to get to a point, then slide.
any ideas?
tyres are *ok* theres plenty of tread on em....

rgrds
rob

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wheel bearings gone....brown trouser moment

wheel bearings gone....brown trouser moment

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