Re: Wheel bearings

["Daniel A. Nowlan" <nowlan@flash.net>]

At 19:39 8/16/98 -0700, NICHOLAS ISAAC wrote:
>I had a weel bearing (front) go on my 1987 rocco. I jacked up the
>front, and hand turned the wheel, The noise should be heard quite
>clearly. Also, if it is a throbbing type of noise (crr...crr...crr.) you
>might try marking your tyre with chalk, and driving slow, see if noise
>occurs in time with the wheel's revolution. 

I've had a couple go bad in my '86 8v.  And it was damn obvious when the
went, too.  Both times I was on the freeway doing between 65 and 75 mph.
It wasn't until I let off the gas that heard this God-awful grinding sound
coming from the wheel.  The first time, I wasn't sure what had happened.
When it happened the second time, it was pretty clear.  It turned out that
part of my problem was a spun steering knuckle (wheel bearing carrier)!
The other part of my problem was that I hadn't torqued it down to a
whopping 175 ft lbs after the first replacement.  When I put everything
together the second time, you can bet I torqued it down to about 185 ft
lbs.  If I never have to go through all that crap again, it'll still be too
soon....

Dan

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