What Would Be The Problem?

[rad100]

hey i dont know if this is the section or not but if its not please move..

i had my car on a jack and was taking my front wheels off when i noticed alot of play in the wheel..

like movement left to righ up and down..

now coz my car is defected it wont pass inspection so im wondering wat i need to do to fix it..

i have herd wheel bearing mentioned.. would this be correct?

its only the front left wheel... i have had all the control arms done and bushes and stuff..

any ideas?

cheers adrian.

[rad100]

anyone?

[34GeeTeeTee]

anyone?

Most likely a wheel bearing...

[rad100]

hahaha... is the wheel bearing what sits just behind the brake??

i got no idea haha

[subie]

any noise when u driving and applied load to those side (turn left)

if yes, could be wheel bearing.. they are inside the hub, need special tool to press them out and replace with the new ones or buy used hub from wrecker (u dont know the condition of the used ones)

all up to u.. I've got a quote for $300 to replace the front left wheel bearing (drive in drive out)

hope this help

[rad100]

mmm interesting!! i get no noise i dont think?? if its not wheel bearing wat else can i check as i wanna sorta eliminate things before i get it done to save costs...

cheers

[subie]

listen carefully cause the noise is very minimal.. anyway, put the wheel back on, try to move it in the vertical direction and if u can hear the noise.. that the wheel bearing

or wait for other opinions

cheers

[Duncan]

when you say a lot of movement - how much do you mean. a wheel bearing won't give a "lot". control arm bolts and bushes, and the lower control arm ball joint might.

[Jmaac]

If your bushes and suspension rubbers have all been replaced then its definately a wheel bearing. If its that bad your wheels going to fall off soon - mechanic shouldnt of let it out of the shop.

If you turn the wheel all the way to the left or right and hear a big clunk whilst going over corners/bumps etc. its your balljoint - you really need this to steer otherwise the wheel will be flopping about, probably fall off also

Both are really cheap and easy to fix. Get a balljoint & balljoint tool and a wheel bearing kit from supercheap etc. If in doubt replace them both

Edited March 4, 2008 by Jmaac