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Hi all I was wondering if anyone could help me few weeks back the rear driver side done a diff seal so I took it too mechanic and had it done mechanic said be good idea to do brakes on way home I notice a sqeaking coming from wheel so took it back he said could just be the brake adjuster turned out it wasn't we relised at shop that the wheel was buckled but turns out this wasn't wat was causing the sqeak as it came back so I decided could be brakes so I done the brake sleeves at home but still hasn't got rid of the noise now it like a cluck cluck as the wheel spins seems to be after cars run for bit too like maybe as diff warms up any ideas or help would be great I was thinking could it be the bearing as same on went back on or bent axle shalf in diff sorry about writing as I done it on my phone and can't get my young fella off the laptop
No I thought mechanic would have done it when he did the seal but said didn't need too which sounded strange to me because the seal obviously went for a reason..... What do you reckon
A knackered bearing will allow the halfshaft to wobble which knackers the seal, chances are your bearings gone.jack it up and see if there is any play in the wheel, SLIGHT in out play is normal but if theres play in any other direction then the bearings probably gone.
Any decent garage should have recommended changing the bearing aswell. To me it seems silly not to tbh.
Me and the misses recently done both mine a couple of weeks back, one side was leaking and the bearing had split the whole way around and was in 2 halfs, the other side wasnt leaking and to the untrained eye the bearing looked ok, on closer inspection it had bulged in one spot so was stopping the balls going round properly sounded like the wheel was locking up was horrible!! Once we cut it off the damage was visible, every ball was flat spotted and rusted.
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