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Wobbly wheel

PostPosted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 6:24 pm
by LaikaTheDog
Hi
After my shake down drive yesterday I decided to check the wobbly nearside wheel.. suspecting bearing

This is what came out... I had to cut the outer bearing off !
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Slightly melted...

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Loose rollers rattled around in the casing. ..

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Bearing welded itself to the shaft...

Re: Wobbly wheel

PostPosted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 9:10 pm
by richardcox_lotus
Oooh. How noisy was it ?

Re: Wobbly wheel

PostPosted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 9:38 pm
by LaikaTheDog
wasnt noisy until last mile at 10 mph ...squeeled a little... and then on bumpy tarmac it clunked....
new stub and bearings ordered

Re: Wobbly wheel

PostPosted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 4:26 pm
by denicholls2
When one of the Europa posters bought his car, he found the DPO had carefully lubricated all wheel bearings with anti-seize compound. Sounds like a good idea, right? Wouldn't want your bearings to seize...

Perhaps he then moved on to an Elan? :shock: