wheel bearing??
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wheel bearing??
Recently my car (2000 FRC) has developed a kind of wump wump wump noise and slight vibration in the rear end. It goes away while I am turningt left but remains while driving straight and turning right. Is this possibly a wheel bearing? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Hello Fasttimes!
Welcome to the CF Forum. And, in regards to your query, it appears that you may, indeed, have a worn Rear Hub Bearing Assembly Unit. Autozone supplies these very same units manufactured by Timken for the Corvette C5 at a far more reasonable cost than the local Chevrolet Dealership for the very same part. The retail cost for the above mentioned Timken product, today, is around $180 per unit. For your convenience here is a brief informative link:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1355691
Best Regards,
Eden
Welcome to the CF Forum. And, in regards to your query, it appears that you may, indeed, have a worn Rear Hub Bearing Assembly Unit. Autozone supplies these very same units manufactured by Timken for the Corvette C5 at a far more reasonable cost than the local Chevrolet Dealership for the very same part. The retail cost for the above mentioned Timken product, today, is around $180 per unit. For your convenience here is a brief informative link:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1355691
Best Regards,
Eden
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St. Jude Donor '05-'08
Could be wheel bearing.
The easiest way to check is lift your car and see if you can pull and push your wheel in and out from the top/bottom of the wheel.
You will feel movement and you can hear clicking which usually means the bearing is gone.
Based on what you said I would start with drivers side rear first. Might be a lucky guess, but I had my 6th bearing blow out on me this weekend at Watkins Glen and I had the same feeling. I knew it was a bearing because my racing CCW will actually just clip my wilwoods big brake kit when the bearing goes, but I had no vibration in the steering wheel and when I turned left it went away.
It is a 5 min check so I would start there.
The easiest way to check is lift your car and see if you can pull and push your wheel in and out from the top/bottom of the wheel.
You will feel movement and you can hear clicking which usually means the bearing is gone.
Based on what you said I would start with drivers side rear first. Might be a lucky guess, but I had my 6th bearing blow out on me this weekend at Watkins Glen and I had the same feeling. I knew it was a bearing because my racing CCW will actually just clip my wilwoods big brake kit when the bearing goes, but I had no vibration in the steering wheel and when I turned left it went away.
It is a 5 min check so I would start there.
Drifting
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Wheel Bearing??
Hi Electron Blue,
Thank you sir.Thats the reason I always buy the manuals for all my cars, To much bad info. coming out of some dealers. BTW: The front axle nuts are 118ft.lbs.
Robsc501
Thank you sir.Thats the reason I always buy the manuals for all my cars, To much bad info. coming out of some dealers. BTW: The front axle nuts are 118ft.lbs.
Robsc501
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Sounds like you definitely need a wheel bearing....Note: You may not feel any looseness in the defective bearing...My right rear on my 99 coupe was tight as can be...but once I pulled it off and spun it I could feel the roughness in it....Installed a new bearing assembly and it was quiet as a mouse...Well, other than the Corsas of course!!!
