89 outer wheel bearings
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89 outer wheel bearings
Hi I've been gone a long time.
Anyway I have an 89 150 4x4 and the left drivers side brake hangs up, not completly, but when it gets hot.
I replaced the wheel bearings once but didn't do the races. Now it's doing it again and I cleaned the hub and found the outer wheel bearing race in the hub spins in the hub.
When I got it home I jacked up each side and noticed the right wheel spun pretty good but the left didn't not. And the wheel was soild on the axle. The drivers moved like a 2wd with bad bearings.
Pulled the wheel and noticed the rotor was not spinning well. I removed the caliper and it spins just like the other side, but loose on the axle shaft. I have replaced the calipers twice and from different stores also the M/C with a new Bendix the frist one crapped out.
Do you think I could replace the bearing again but with the races also and it should fix it?
Thanks all!
Anyway I have an 89 150 4x4 and the left drivers side brake hangs up, not completly, but when it gets hot.
I replaced the wheel bearings once but didn't do the races. Now it's doing it again and I cleaned the hub and found the outer wheel bearing race in the hub spins in the hub.
When I got it home I jacked up each side and noticed the right wheel spun pretty good but the left didn't not. And the wheel was soild on the axle. The drivers moved like a 2wd with bad bearings.
Pulled the wheel and noticed the rotor was not spinning well. I removed the caliper and it spins just like the other side, but loose on the axle shaft. I have replaced the calipers twice and from different stores also the M/C with a new Bendix the frist one crapped out.
Do you think I could replace the bearing again but with the races also and it should fix it?
Thanks all!
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Probably not. It's always a good idea to replace the bearing and the race at the same time. The bearings will always "seat" themselves into the race. With that in mind, you want new bearings to get seated into a new race. Now, as for the race in your case, there is a real good chance your hub is ruined. I say that because the outer race has been spinning in the hub, which destroys the area where the race is seated. If the area looks anything but smooth, a race will not seat in it properly. When this happens, there is nothing you can do other than replace the hub. I have seen guys use a punch to rough up the seating area for a race to hold it in place, which might be OK if you don't plan on taking it out on the road. A problem with wheel hubs getting hot, it gets the races hot too. When the races cool off, they can shrink and this could allow them to spin inside the hub, not to mention it cooks the grease out of the bearings.
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Originally Posted by 89fourx4
Thanks i was thinking of locktight and seat the bearing like you said some try. Rough it enough so the race doesn't move.
Replace the hub and buy new bearings. If you can't afford it, park it until you can. All the money you save in gas should add up quick.
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Originally Posted by andym
I don't mean this to offend... but that is an insanely stupid idea, and I sincerely hope you aren't seriously considering it.
Replace the hub and buy new bearings. If you can't afford it, park it until you can. All the money you save in gas should add up quick.
Replace the hub and buy new bearings. If you can't afford it, park it until you can. All the money you save in gas should add up quick.
Atlanta area./
Thanks and no problem, really , sorry if I seemed "negitive"
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You can order a new hub conveniently attached to a rotor (you don't really want to buy a separate hub) from rockauto.com. Local parts stores, at least where I live, only sell the rotor.
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