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Old 08-02-2013, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Bmurray350z
Replaced the wheel bearing (super easy for anyone who might run into this problem... 45 min to take the bearing off, 45 min to put it on), took her to get aligned, problem is officially fixed!
Was it the front or rear bearings and part#. I was told that the wheel bearings were cased in the Hub and had to replace the whole Hub/Spindle assembly
Old 08-02-2013, 01:41 PM
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Rear. Nope just picked up a Timken bearing from Autozone for $72 (Part # BM500006). Had to press the oem hub into it and then just bolt it back up.

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Old 08-02-2013, 02:21 PM
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Hub wasn't jacked with that much play?
Old 08-02-2013, 02:25 PM
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Nope don't guess so. Everything feels perfect now
Old 08-02-2013, 02:54 PM
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That's not bad at all. I'm glad I have a press, but I think I'll spend a Lil extra and get the whole assembly. I wanna say my friend at Nissan quoted me like $125 each.
Old 08-02-2013, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by slmdchvy05
That's not bad at all. I'm glad I have a press, but I think I'll spend a Lil extra and get the whole assembly. I wanna say my friend at Nissan quoted me like $125 each.
Yep my stepdad has a press so that helped out a lot.
Old 08-02-2013, 05:21 PM
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When I have to im buying hub assym. I even have a press in my shop
Old 08-02-2013, 08:22 PM
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I like when a story has a good ending. This is a great story and shows how loose wheel bearing will cause a problem like this! Ultimately it was a toe fluctuation, but it was the wheel bearing not the toe bolts.
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^ Correct! Thank you guys for all the suggestions on what to check, etc
Old 08-02-2013, 11:10 PM
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Part of the alignment is a runout check , I have no idea how the tech missed a bad bearing.
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Yeah me either...
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