Rear wheel bearing fails repeatedly.
#1
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Rear wheel bearing fails repeatedly.
I replaced both rear wheel bearings at about 30k miles. After 15k miles, driver side bearing became wobbly. I swapped it again. Now, 10k miles later, my wheel has play, same symptoms as before.
What would cause premature bearing failure?
What would cause premature bearing failure?
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Assuming you are pressing them on the hub correctly and using a quality bearing, ts your axle nut/halfshalft coming loose. You need to 1)clean the splines on the halfshaft to make sure its seats all the way 2)make sure the threads and nut are completely dry, and finally 3)torque the axle nut to the max spec preferably with an impact followed with a wrench to verify torque.
It would be quite difficult to over-torque that particular nut
It would be quite difficult to over-torque that particular nut
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What offset are you running?
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One point to emphasize: torque the 32 mm axle nut to 156 ft/lbs and check it to make sure it stays tight. I've used blue Loctite on mine (along with the cotter pin) to ensure it stays tight.
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Stock wheels.
Thank you. It appears to be the bearing this time
I do torque it down. I think I did 160lbs last time.
Last one I got was from rockauto. Don't remember the brand, it it was Japanese made. What do you recommend?
Assuming you are pressing them on the hub correctly and using a quality bearing, ts your axle nut/halfshalft coming loose. You need to 1)clean the splines on the halfshaft to make sure its seats all the way 2)make sure the threads and nut are completely dry, and finally 3)torque the axle nut to the max spec preferably with an impact followed with a wrench to verify torque.
It would be quite difficult to over-torque that particular nut
It would be quite difficult to over-torque that particular nut
Last one I got was from rockauto. Don't remember the brand, it it was Japanese made. What do you recommend?
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OEM Nissan.
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This. First time I found the rear passenger hub loose and found the nut was not tight. A few months ago i found both rear wheels had alittle play in them. I started searching how to replace the bearings and almost ordered oem ones.
But before I did I check both 32mm nuts. I used a impact gun first then a breaker bar with a pipe on it. Never had noise or issues since.
Last edited by nissanZdriver; 10-18-2015 at 05:27 PM.
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