Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site masscomp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!masscomp!hank From: hank@masscomp.UUCP (Hank Cohen) Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: Re: wheel bearings Message-ID: <817@masscomp.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 12:09:07 EST Article-I.D.: masscomp.817 Posted: Mon Nov 4 12:09:07 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 22:40:26 EST References: <2427@sunybcs.UUCP> <204@ucdavis.UUCP> <2180@amdahl.UUCP> Reply-To: hank@masscomp.UUCP (Hank Cohen) Distribution: net Organization: Masscomp - Westford, MA Lines: 22 Summary: In article <2180@amdahl.UUCP> ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems) writes: >> > 2) The bearings in the rear end have started to hum. How much damage >> > can I expect if I wait a few months to replace them? >> > >One thing to watch out for is *front* bearings. (I know the original >was about rear bearings, but this is important). My sister had a small >Ford that had the front bearings go dry (grease 'evaporated'). The >result was a noisy front bearing. This first manifested itself in Los >Angeles. As home was north of San Francisco, she decided to just >drive it home before getting the bearing fixed. After several hours >on the freeway noise was worse and the performance was off. >She stopped at the request of a friendly Highway Patrolman ... The >wheel then fell off. A *VERY* overheated bearing had softened the spindle >it rides on enough for it to break. It was a dull red at the time... > Another issue with overheated front wheel bearings is that they become VERY difficult to replace. The inner bearing race can freze to the spindle making what should be a rather simple repair into a real monster. Why risk it, bearings are cheap compared to new spindles. Iligitimi non carborundum Hank Cohen