New hub assembly - bearing already pressed on or seperated
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New hub assembly - bearing already pressed on or seperated
I got an issue in my left rear and right now not sure if it's the bearing or a caliper/rotor issue. I know you can buy the hub assembly with the bearing and you can buy each separate piece. I know seperated the bearing would have to be pressed on which I don't have the tools. I need to go to a friend's house when I do the job and figure out what's going on. So it would be awesome to know if I needed a new beating that the bearing is already pressed on the hub and I won't have to ride to a shop to get it done.
Honestly feels sounds like a sticky caliper that probably warped a rotor. Turning left only at lower speeds is crazy noisy but feels like something is holding the left rear back. Like a squeeky metal bumpy sound. No grinding at all sound. No clunks or thuds. Noises are tricky on cars though with windows down or up and echo from pavement
Honestly feels sounds like a sticky caliper that probably warped a rotor. Turning left only at lower speeds is crazy noisy but feels like something is holding the left rear back. Like a squeeky metal bumpy sound. No grinding at all sound. No clunks or thuds. Noises are tricky on cars though with windows down or up and echo from pavement
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Jack up the car and inspect your bearings with the wheels on. If that's not the source of the problem, then take off your rear wheels and check your rotors for warpage with a dial indicator gauge. Check your brake pads, since the pad indicators on those could cause squealing when the pads are low enough.
With bearings, since it's easy enough for me, I'd just press in a new one. If you don't have a decent press, then you can get new bearings installed at a shop for not a lot of cash or just spend the money on the entire spindle assembly and it's a fairly simple swap.
With bearings, since it's easy enough for me, I'd just press in a new one. If you don't have a decent press, then you can get new bearings installed at a shop for not a lot of cash or just spend the money on the entire spindle assembly and it's a fairly simple swap.
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Thank you guys. I'm not a brake man, I'm more of a mod guy. The metal tab/hardware is loose on the pad and the pad is warn out. I can just touch it with my hand and it's loud. My buddy who has more experience in this area said the front left has over heated severely. Since this is a high mileage car I bought I'm gonna assume it's original calipers. I'm contemplating rebuilding all the calipers. Besides rotor and pad replacement a caliper rebuild seems easy enough. A piston, seal, guess an o ring and a couple bolts right. Doesn't look like a bearing hub issue.