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bad bearing diagnosis. besides the noise how can you tell for sure a bearing is shot?

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Old 04-29-2003, 09:07 AM
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Default bad bearing diagnosis. besides the noise how can you tell for sure a bearing is shot?
anyone got a rear bearing for sale?
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Default i think someone posted about this yesterday - jack the car up and try moving the wheel around
see if there is an excessive amount of play...
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Don't buy a used wheel bearing.
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never even crossed my mind. I thought maybe someone had a new one they didn't need for some reason.
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Default Best way is to put the car on a lift. Start the engine and run it up to 40mph or so in 3rd gear.
A person underneath with a stethoscope can diagnose it pretty easily at that point. Otherwise, take some hard corners. That will tell you which side.
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Almost forgot, the wheel itself will have freeplay if the bearing is really bad.
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What makes you think it's bad if you don't know how to tell?
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noise. it is a bearing. just have to figure out which one (i'm thinking maybe both...no big deal)
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Default Front, rear? It's pretty easy to tell which side (unless you have one on each side)
when you go around a corner, and the noise goes away, the bad one is on the INSIDE of that turn..

Example: take a left turn, and the noise goes away, it's a left bearing.
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