Big Problem After Fitting New Wheel Bearing

[Paddy]

right, i took my hub off and took to to a garage to get a new bearing pressed in. after fitting the wheel would not turn after doing the hub nut up tight. i had this on my last glanza but ended up breaking it for spares soon after. as for the hub nut u can keep doing it tighter i dare not keep doing it up, its hard to describe but with the old bearing i would do it up as tight as i can with a rachet then get a bar and do it half a turn, with this one u do it up with the rachet and with the bar u could turn it loads and it will still be doing up. has anyone come across this problem before? im in search of a new hub with a good bearing at the mo but would be great if there was a was of getting this one right

 

[jhandy]

Im guessing its the front wheel bearing dude. It sounds like if its the front. When u put the drive shaft through there is like a shit shield for the bearing and usually if they ain't fitted correctly the cc joint buts up to the shield and stops the when from turning. The shields do pop off. Give this ago. And if it works just grind the outside down until it fits correctly. As for the nut. I would try the old one see if that does up also

Jake

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[Mikey4410]

The wheel bearing nut should be just under finger tight,do not do it up with a spanner etc otherwise you will destroy it !!!!

 

[Rob H]

The wheel bearing nut should be just under finger tight,do not do it up with a spanner etc otherwise you will destroy it !!!!

If its a rear you should just nip it up with a socket, back it off then tighten up till theres no play left in the bearing. Just doing it finger tight will not seat the bearing correctly.

 

[Mikey4410]

The bearing would have been seated if iit was pressed in corectly.

 

[jhandy]

The rears don't get pressed in they are tapered bearings. You should do them up just until the nut stops. Then release it back quarter of a turn

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[dac69er]

as he took his hub off i would assume its the front bearing?

sounds like they havnt pressed the bearing fully home, the 2 centre races should be tight up against each other. if they bearings arent fully in then the centre races will get squeezed in when you do up the hub nut and the bearing will lock up.

 

[weeJohn]

I agree with what Dacer has said, they have not pressed the 2 halves in correctly. Take the hub off and take it back to them mate.

 

[Paddy]

yes its the front bearing im going to buy a new hub for now, need the car for work and cannot be dealing with any more problems but i will take the hub back. what if i was to keep doing the hub nut up as tight as i can? do you think this would be enough to compress the bearing together? thanks for the help all

 

[pilgrim_fgau]

I have a similar problem, brand new hub, brand new bearing and its still humming

 

[Texx]

The bearing would have been seated if iit was pressed in corectly.

You don't press in a tapered roller bearing, you fit the bearing race with a press and then ensure the roller bearing is correctly seated into the race using the method Rob described.

 

[dac69er]

yes its the front bearing im going to buy a new hub for now, need the car for work and cannot be dealing with any more problems but i will take the hub back. what if i was to keep doing the hub nut up as tight as i can? do you think this would be enough to compress the bearing together? thanks for the help all

it might work, but there is a chance of damaging the bearing. i would get it pressed in correctly. i would seriously doubt the skills of the garage who pressed them in to begin with as they dont seem to know what they are doing!!!

 

[weeJohn]

yes its the front bearing im going to buy a new hub for now, need the car for work and cannot be dealing with any more problems but i will take the hub back. what if i was to keep doing the hub nut up as tight as i can? do you think this would be enough to compress the bearing together? thanks for the help all

My worry would be that the outer shell of the bearing is 1 part, the inner 2 parts, they need to be aligned properly for the bearing to run free. When pressing it in that is something that should be checked, if you use the nut to pull the inner halves together it could not align properly and not turn.

 

[Tercel]

Also, the axle nut should only be tightened with a torque wrench. Either your bearing wasn't fully seated, or you may have damaged it by over-tightening the axle nut and it started to crush the bearing.

 

[Paddy]

ive ordered a new hub now, going to investigate this whole thing, its going straight back to the garage when its off. its strange as the same thing happened to me before but it was by a different garage. thanks for help all