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Ain't that always the case, last thing on the list to change and it solves the problem.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
Bellerophon (2024 grello van daily
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Took it in as the bearing was droning, 2 months later the bearing had gone again, so stripped down myself
The hub nut was finger tight and staked but was supposed to be torqued to 150 ft/lbs.
Not only did it wreck the bearing but also the hub and the drive flange.
Garage owner denied all responsibility saying it must have been something I had done(!)....I suppose I did drive it :laugh:
Grego, As the bearing failed the hub nut would probably become loose, Due to the slack in the failing bearing.
More likely that the cheapest bearing with the biggest mark up was used.
Jezz wrote: Grego, As the bearing failed the hub nut would probably become loose, Due to the slack in the failing bearing.
More likely that the cheapest bearing with the biggest mark up was used.
True of a taper roller or similar, but this was a one piece double roller bearing as fitted to MG Maestros (had 5 of them in the 80s/90s), the bearing could disintegrate but the nut was tightened against a 1 piece inner race iirc so would still remain torqued up even if the wheel was loose in the hub.
Became a dab hand at replacing them as it was a common fault, the hardest part was always undoing that f*****g hub nut if it hadnt been undone from the factory, often resorting to using a 3 ft long 1/2 drive on the nut, jacking the car up on the handle of the bar and bouncing up and down on the car
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( but yes very annoying) 
