Wheel bearing?

[julie at menloparkrandd.com (julie@menloparkrandd.com)]

Yup. You dont do just one side of the brakes, or shocks.
So I'll do it Saturday. Bummer I wanted to drive to work again in it tomorrow

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Allyn [mailto:amalventano1@tds.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2006 02:46 PM
>To: ''Spewey'', scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: RE: Wheel bearing?
>
>> If loud when turning left, do the 
>> right. Sciroccos are no different than anything else in this 
>> respect, wtf?
>
>You are assuming that all bearing failure modes result in increased noise under increased cornering load. It is quite possible for
>a bearing to offer little to no difference under these conditions. The bearing race preload is comparable to the vehicle weight,
>and cornering forces could actually be changing the path of the bearings, shifting them to a less used, and possibly even *quieter*
>portion of the race. It's happened to me, and I was absolutely placing heavy load (>1G turning) on the bearings in an attempt to
>isolate the faulty part. It was enough to trick me into changing the 'wrong' side first (I test drove between swaps to confirm my
>suspicion).
>
>I don't mean to say that the right/left thing is a bad strategy, I'm simply posing another data point - as I have personally
>observed the usual strategy of replacing the side opposite the louder turn fall flat on its face. If you only buy one bearing, and
>change it, just be prepared for the possibility of your problem remaining.
>
>HTH
>Al
>
>
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