<VV> Rear wheel bearings

[Guy Brandes]

Just a note on "driving around" the neighborhood, it works better if you drive along side a building as the reflective "noise" is better heard.

Regards,

Guy Brandes
65 VAIR 140



You can drive around a few neighborhood blocks with the windows down and 
aybe a helper with good ears in the back seat.  Pay attention to any sounds 
oming from the rear when making turns - say in the 10 to 20mph speed range. 
f it is quiet, it is probably good for now.  But, assuming that you want to 
now how it will be 3 years from now - after several trips back and forth, 
his would seem to be an appropriate time to take action.  Be sure you get 
he correct bearings for Corvair (not cheap) or replace the entire axels 
ith fresh, greased bearing already installed (even more expensive).
Later, JR

---- Original Message ----- 
rom: "chuck mckinley" <cmckinley313 at verizon.net>
o: "VirtualVairs AA" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
ent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 9:05 AM
ubject: <VV> Rear wheel bearings

 Friends,
 In the 19 years I've owned it, my 63 Monza has never been driven more
 than about 20 miles from home and back. Next week I'll be driving it
 (one way) about 140 miles to my daughter's college, where she'll drive
 it for the next 2-3 years. I'm not aware of any problems in any of its
 components, but I'm a little nervous about whether the rear wheel
 bearings might have a problem with 140 miles of highway speed (I-64 in
 Virginia). As far as I know, they're the original bearings on the car.
 The car has, very roughly, about 85,000 miles on the clock. My question
 to you is whether those tricky bearings give you any sort of early
 warning that they're about to fail, or whether they tend to give up the
 ghost catastrophically and leave you suddenly riding on the backing
 plates with no brakes at all. I've heard some spooky stories about this
 and need to know what to expect. In particular, is there anything at all
 I can check before I take this trip?

 For what it's worth, the car always passes the annual safety inspection
 in Virginia, and they check the running gear pretty thoroughly, but I
 don't know if their checks are capable of detecting potential problems
 in the rear bearings.

 Your comments, ideas, and suggestions will be most welcome, as always.

 Cheers,
 Chuck

 
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