<VV> So..how about these early wheel bearings?
Vairtec at optonline.net
Vairtec at optonline.net
Sun Apr 9 18:50:33 EDT 2006
At 06:36 PM 4/7/06, Tim Verthein wrote:
>Alright... it *seems* that the trusty '64 may be in the market for some
>rear wheel bearing work. Ryan can detect a bit of a low rumble when we
>drive (apparently I'm to deaf to hear it). After trying to figure out what
>the sound was, we finally put the rear on jack stands and put her in gear
>and you can hear a bit of a rumble from the right rear, nothing from the
>left rear. Also, if you grab the wheel and give 'er a good push in and
>out, there's a bit of play that's not present on the other side.
The rumble is trouble, the in-and-out play is REAL trouble. Park the car.
> From what I can gather, this is not the sort of job for the faint of
> heart. Machine shop, press, torch, swearing,,
Naah. Piece of cake to pull the axle from the car, then head off to a
friendly machine shop to have the old bearing pressed off and the new one
pressed on. Piece of cake to then reinstall in car.
>In the meantime, am I to suspect that driving is a death-defying
>feat? We're talking a low rumble that to me is hardly discernable.
Well, "hardly discernable" means that it's too late to save the
bearing. But that in-and-out play that you mentioned means that it's too
late to drive the car. Time to fix.
--Bob
Robert W. Marlow
Vairtec at optonline.net
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