front bearings working their way out of hubs
Alright. I have searched and searched and found one guy that had the same problem, but no one offered an explanation for it, so here goes... At 90k, along with the timing belt, etc, I replaced all of the wheel bearings. The rear ones were making some noise and, sure enough, were not good. The front ones weren't exhibiting any obvious signs, but I decided to do it as a preventative (I put new rotors on, too, since it would have to be done soon anyway). After getting the hubs and bearings pressed out and having new ones put in I put the control arm/front knuckle back on and drove around for a while and heard an awful grinding when I hit the brakes. The whole hub assembly had worked its way loose and had enough play that when I was hitting the brakes it was rubbing against the caliper bracket assembly. It put a nice gouge in my new rotor on one side. I thought "Either the bearing wasn't good right out of the box or the guy who pressed them in screwed it up" (he looked like he struggled with the press). I get a new bearing and had it pressed in. Same thing happened. When I took off the wheel, the whole hub had ~1/8 inch of play in it. Both sides! I take the knuckle off again, take it to a machine shop where the guy used to work as a honda mechanic. He trys pressing the bearings back in a little and, sure enough, the wiggle is gone. He asks if I torqued the axle nut down enough because everything should be bound together by that and shouldn't be able to back out. Of course, I had torqued it to 134lb/ft just like it says in the manual. I drive for a bit and this happens again. WTF?!? What could cause a bearing to work itself out or the hub? Do I just need a new hub? Those things are damn expensive. any insight on this would be very, very much appreciated. I'm sick of messing with this same problem so next time I fix it, I want it to be the last time. HELP, H-T people!
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Feb 8, 2009 09:06 PM



