Front wheel bearing
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Melting Slicks
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Front wheel bearing
I started getting a slight squeal from what I believe is the front wheel bearing. It stops when I apply the brake or turn the steering wheel. Is this a hard job to replace the bearings?
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Front wheel bearing
Not hard at all. See this...
http://www.corvettemagazine.com/tech...ng-replacement
http://www.corvettemagazine.com/tech...ng-replacement
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Shoot me an email address and I'll get you a paper I did several years ago on the subject.
However, a slight squeel that goes away when brakes applied is usually brake pad wear. Bearings usually rumble
However, a slight squeel that goes away when brakes applied is usually brake pad wear. Bearings usually rumble
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Brake pads and rotors have less than 3000 miles. Ceramic pads and drilled and slotted rotors
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Might be a good place to start. There is a really simple tool that I found years ago for repacking bearings. Replacing them isn't hard but I find the hardest part is to remove and replace the races. You won't need yo for this if only repacking. If the noise goes away for a while, you'll know that you're on the right track.
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Here's the packing tool:
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...FVBffgodoe4FVA
Unbelievable how much mess it saves.
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...FVBffgodoe4FVA
Unbelievable how much mess it saves.
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Or, you can do it the old-fashioned way: put a gob of grease in the palm of one hand and use the other to press the bearing/race down into the grease and force it down into the bearing. "Packing" the bearing with grease means that the entire bearing roller set and cage are COMPLETELY filled with grease.
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Or, you can do it the old-fashioned way: put a gob of grease in the palm of one hand and use the other to press the bearing/race down into the grease and force it down into the bearing. "Packing" the bearing with grease means that the entire bearing roller set and cage are COMPLETELY filled with grease.
races are not as hard as it used to be when nobody but the pro's had the right driver tools for them, but today for <$20 you can buy a high quality set from HF to properly install them. no excuse not to replace the races anymore, whether a 'vette or a boat trailer or whatever etc.
can't tell you how many times I see a box with and old bearing and the new never installed race still sitting in it at someone's yard sale...