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Turbo301 
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 Topic: Wheel bearingsPosted: 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!
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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?
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Turbo301
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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.
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Turbo301
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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?
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Posted: 09-June-2011 at 6:12AM |
Rear bearings are sealed. Gotta change them if they are bad or making noise. Edited by orlnslloyd - 09-June-2011 at 6:13AM |
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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
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