Wheel bearings

[joeyfinneran]

Bought brand new wheel bearings last month
Fitted them to the hubs while looking at the miniaddicts video on youtube and now one month later i hear the grinding through the steering column and theres play in the wheels
Realy have to get a different everyday car as this thing is doing my head with a different problem evey week

[woody]

Most likly you didn't tighten the hub nut enough. 200lbs

[The Marcos Graveyard]

Did you use good quality tapered roller bearings ?

[joeyfinneran]

Cant rember what ones i got

[joeyfinneran]

today i went at it and they did seem very easy to loosen so i got a 3 meter 2" gun barrel pipe and turned it until the car started lifting of the axel stands
was using unistrut interlocking on the wheels studs and bent it every way lol ending up using a large adjustable spanner and didn't bend that
and after a few miles i hear no sounds and theres no movement in the wheels so i think result

[DaveC]

Did you use a torque wrench?

[joeyfinneran]

No but the last time i did and i ended up with the slip pin hole not in one of the slots of te castle nut so i just tightened it to the next slot on the nut

[The Marcos Graveyard]

You need to use a torque wrench on this job to do it correctly and give yourself peace of mind.

[woody]

My torque wrench doesn't go to 200lbs
I find 3 grunts just about right.

[The Marcos Graveyard]

Aldi have torque wrenches this week, don't know what rating though.