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Wheel bearing followup #2
I checked 4 1990~1991 Civcs wheel bearings today.
You get some staragne responses when you call your frinds and ask "Can I come over,jack your rear wheels off the ground and listen to your wheel bearings?" I am lucky that my frineds all accpet my, er oddness with few comments. I used a very old electronic stethoscope that I built ~30 years ago. It used a cermaic phono (remember them?) amplified by a early OpAmp IC. Here is the report: My 1991 Civic Right rear OK. Left wheel a "little" noise (Oh dod!) Civic #2 suspected left rear bearing failu Right wheel ok, ery quite. Left wheel, about 3 times as noisy as mine. The other 2 civics a 1990 and 1991 had very silent left and right rear bearings. Reviewing the repair sequence I only have one question. Will the old hub need a "whell puller" to remove it? Just how tight is on . Will it "pop off" in my hand after I remove the 24mm nut? I changed my brake shoes 2 years ago so it shouldn't be THAT hard to remove the drum again. I will order a repalcement early next week. Even on smooth black top at low speeds, with no other traffic I couldn't hear any bearing noise even when I was sitting in the hatch back area. Got stopped by a cop and nearly got ticketed, but talked my way out of it, the cop was impressed that I was concerned about a safety issue before it got ugly. He told us, my wife was driving, about the several accidents he had seen when a wheel "fell off" at highway speeds. Sounded very UGLY! I am not in a great hurry to fix this problem, I mean the "normal" driver wouldn't even be aware of the "problem" at this point, but I don't want to wait until the snow flies either. It should be cool next weekend so I am planing on having everything ready, do my friends first, then mine. Any thoughts? Terry |
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I was able to punch out the old bearing race from the rear wheel of a
80 accord. After I did that - it was not a bearing problem but a cupped tire. Is the bearing making a grinding noise - are you sure it is not grit in the drum - did you try to move the wheel back and forth by putting your hands at 6 and 12 oclock and tugging on one side then the other and repeat at 9 and 3 oclock? If you do replace the bearing - I was able to use the old bearing body to protect the new bearing when beating it back into the bearing race. Didn't damage it - the car now has another 150K on it. |
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