IMPORTANT SAFETY POST!! BE AWARE !!
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IMPORTANT SAFETY POST!! BE AWARE !!
Happened to me today, been a SN member for a few years and would have had these bearings changed earlier if i would have known, lucky escape this time.
https://www.scoobynet.com/essex-scoo...ml#post8377226
https://www.scoobynet.com/essex-scoo...ml#post8377226
Last edited by KK3960; 28 December 2008 at 01:03 AM.
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Cheers for the heads up, doesn't seem to be a common problem but certainly worth a check occasionally.
My car wasn't MOT'd long ago and I know they checked bearing etc and other aspects of the wheels / suspension for movement and all fine on mine as it was checked on service.
Other halves Clio on the other hand needs bearing that reminds me.
My car wasn't MOT'd long ago and I know they checked bearing etc and other aspects of the wheels / suspension for movement and all fine on mine as it was checked on service.
Other halves Clio on the other hand needs bearing that reminds me.
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never got any noise from mine at all
it just went
paid to have a "specialist" replace it and 6 months later it failed again and the ******* front wheel fell off
wedged under the wheel arch, cv joint snapped in half, and the car needed dragged onto the back of a recovery truck
it just went
paid to have a "specialist" replace it and 6 months later it failed again and the ******* front wheel fell off
wedged under the wheel arch, cv joint snapped in half, and the car needed dragged onto the back of a recovery truck
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Doh! Have you replaced both sides bearings then now including track rods then? I intend changing all the front end components after my experience.
Last edited by KK3960; 28 December 2008 at 08:08 PM.
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Nearside front bearing is the common one to go followed by the rear, its due mainly to the camber of the road and that the drains are not flush with the road, front goes first because of the weight of the car.
I had a specialist replace my front bearing when it went and sure enough six months later it went again, so i decided to replace the bearing myself, when i took the old one out i found that he had left the outer race in place and only replace the inner race and the bearing.
I had a specialist replace my front bearing when it went and sure enough six months later it went again, so i decided to replace the bearing myself, when i took the old one out i found that he had left the outer race in place and only replace the inner race and the bearing.
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