Wheel bearings
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Forum Name: 1977-1979 Ford and Mercury
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Topic: Wheel bearings
Posted By: Turbo301
Subject: Wheel bearings
Date Posted: 12-April-2011 at 5:08AM
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While my rear end is up in the air (LOL, but seriously...), I was tempted to look at my wheel bearings. However, the Ford manual makes this look like a scary proposition (pull the axle, support in a special jig, chisel off the retaining ring, press off the bearing, etc.). Is there a way to re-grease the bearings by just partially pulling the axle shaft? I don't have a big press or any fancy tools like the manual calls for to deal with bearings! ------------- 1977 Cougar XR7 1980 turbo Trans Am 2009 Pontiac G8 GT |
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Posted By: Psquare75
Date Posted: 12-April-2011 at 7:20AM
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Rear wheel bearings.. Does the rear axle make noise at all, rolling and in turns? ------------- Paul 77 XR7 460/C6/3.00:1 *SOLD* 78 XR7 523/C6/3.5:1 79 F100 460/TKO500/3.25:1 'I also have some left over potatoes-I understand you can generate electricity from them'- Foote500 |
Posted By: Turbo301
Date Posted: 12-April-2011 at 7:22AM
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The car's always made a low "chugging" or "woofing" sound as it rolls, and that disappears at speed (more likely it just blurs into road noise). I'm assuming that's the bearings.
When I spin the axle without the wheels on, and unloaded (in the air), it makes some shuddery, clunky noises, but I don't think that's a fair test. ------------- 1977 Cougar XR7 1980 turbo Trans Am 2009 Pontiac G8 GT |
Posted By: Turbo301
Date Posted: 09-June-2011 at 5:42AM
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Now that my daily driver is starting to make the same noises, I'm back to this question: is there a way to re-grease the wheel bearings without a lot of fancy tools/disassembly? If I just pull the wheel stud mounting disc off, will that grant me enough access to the bearings to re-grease them? ------------- 1977 Cougar XR7 1980 turbo Trans Am 2009 Pontiac G8 GT |
Posted By: orlnslloyd
Date Posted: 09-June-2011 at 6:12AM
Rear bearings are sealed. Gotta change them if they are bad or making noise. ------------- '72, GTSFB, 460, C6, 3.70 |
Turbo301 wrote:Posted By: lynchster
Date Posted: 22-June-2011 at 5:57PM
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I had a 75 Nova years ago that made the same noise. I refered to it as the Heartbeat of America. I was my retort to all of my GM oriented cohorts who wouldn't let it go that I was driving a Nova.Chuck ------------- Chuck 72 Gran Torino Sport 13 Taurus SHO "Mr Pig" |