[Bucket]

On Wednesday I put a new water pump in and tightened up my right hand side bearing.

Now when I go for a drive, I get a wicked cracking/crunching sound but I just cant pick it. It doesnt happen when the car is stopped and revving.
Sounds like a branch full of leaves crunching away under my car.

Does anyone have any idea what it could possibly be? I was supposed to be going to beachport tomorrow night, but I highly doubt it now.

[royce]

your bearing is stuffed, Vit bearings arent adjsutable

[Bucket]

fuuuuck. I dunno anyone with a press to put the new ones weaves sent me in

[BlueSuzy]

royce wrote:

your bearing is stuffed, Vit bearings arent adjsutable

LOL

Bucket wrote:

fuuuuck. I dunno anyone with a press to put the new ones weaves sent me in

You can't hammer them out/in with a bar?

[royce]

you dont need a press, pull the hub off and remove the big circlip in the back with some screwdrivers, suport the hub with some bricks and hammer the old bearing out, then use the old outer race to push the new one in, they arent that tight really

[Bucket]

royce wrote:

your bearing is stuffed, Vit bearings arent adjsutable

I mean I tighened the locking nut a bit more.

BlueSuzy wrote:

You can't hammer them out/in with a bar?

Never done it before or tried, and I really dont wanna fuck brand new ones

[royce]

jack the wheel up making the noise and spin it and listen for bad stuff and looseness

[Bucket]

The wheel I thought it was coming from sounds fine. Bit of play but no weird sounds other then the brake on the disc.

[Bucket]

Got up to 80km on the highway and the sound has almost dissapeared. Guess i'll see what it sounds like tomorrow, but im so close to just crushing the damn thing.

[Cozook]

Is it a leafy street?.....

[stockman]

It is autumn after all