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Front Wheel Bearings
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 5:41 pm
by zooker
G'day
Last weekend i replaced teh front wheel bearing on my 85 sierra because the drivers side had collapsed. But after i had put them on and tightened the bolts, the wheel still moved indicating the bearings were not in tight enough
. I then tightned the bolts up as tight as they would go and it still moves
. Does anyone have any ideas why it's still moving???
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 5:50 pm
by M&M Custom Engineerin
check the 4 bolts that are behind the disc that hold on the stub axle.
if that dont fix it, double check your wheel bearing adjustment.
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 5:51 pm
by redzook
it ok my wheels move aswell
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 5:59 pm
by zooker
redzook wrote:it ok my wheels move aswell
Really???? They r meant to do that??? I thought that meant they were broken
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 7:12 pm
by camskizook
Swivel hub bearings might be farked
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 7:33 pm
by skippy
which was is your wheel moving?
when you move the wheel on it's horizontal axis (grabbing top and bottom of the wheel and doing the old push pull) does the whole knuckle housing move?
you could find that your king pin bearings have play in them.
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 7:49 pm
by zooker
thanks for that, yes the wheel is moving when i grab the top and bottom. I'll go and check everything tommorrow and hopefully i'll fing the problem and fix it.
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 9:26 pm
by mud4b
as skippy said check those kingpins.since i put 31s on i break em all the time.
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 9:38 pm
by skippy
mud4b wrote:as skippy said check those kingpins.since i put 31s on i break em all the time.
serious? I never had issues with my 32's. must be the quality of where I bought them
but you'd be getting the same ones mark. possibly your offset is larger than what mine was and is flogging them out?
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 9:44 pm
by mud4b
yeah sounds right.......could have something to do with the way i
drive though.
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 9:48 pm
by moose
skippy wrote:mud4b wrote:as skippy said check those kingpins.since i put 31s on i break em all the time.
serious? I never had issues with my 32's. must be the quality of where I bought them
but you'd be getting the same ones mark. possibly your offset is larger than what mine was and is flogging them out?
Geez , I,ve got 33,s & I dont have any dramas with mine !!!!
havent touched swivel bearings in over 12 months !!!!!
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 9:52 pm
by mud4b
i must have got the crap zook of the run eh.
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 9:59 pm
by skippy
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 10:01 pm
by mud4b
YOU SAID IT ,not me!
