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abacab:
really appreciate it .. Well I have learnt the hard way.... Replaced the bearing and retorqued her up again... Went for a test drive and sure enough it has taken out the wobble I had but still got the noise I started with... and yes I'm guessing its the uni's.... read on a group that you should always replace them if you are doing the bearing.....  well another lesson learnt..   Thanks Col;mmm

Vette Obsessed:

--- Quote ---Originally posted by abacab
really appreciate it .. Well I have learnt the hard way.... Replaced the bearing and retorqued her up again... Went for a test drive and sure enough it has taken out the wobble I had but still got the noise I started with... and yes I'm guessing its the uni's.... read on a group that you should always replace them if you are doing the bearing.....  well another lesson learnt..   Thanks Col;mmm
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For what it's worth in my experience you can identify a C4 wheel bearing that is on its way out by holding the wheel at the 9 and 3 o'clock positions and pushing and pulling to feel if there is any play.

Did you turn things over by hand with the car in neutral with the car on jackstands?  I try to pinpoitn a noise before replacing parts. ;42

Glad we were able to help you get through the job. ;42

abacab:
yer we did... but the uni's felt ok... could have been a mixture of both I think...  thanks V/O

White88:
Yeah , I changed all uni's at the same time I done the rear bearings, I didn't want to go through it again. Because I pulled out the knuckle it made changing the uni's a lot easier, as there was nothing in the way after it was removed. But I didn't discover they were shot untill I pulled on the 1/2 shaft from under the car and then I could feel the play in them. BTW you will be surprised by the amount of wear in the uni when you remove the cups.  :grr Bonus was all noise and vibration was finally gone.

nifty:
oops my bad...i didnt realise you were putting the old nut back on...i assumed you were going to use a new nut.....NEVER ASSUME.....makes an AS* out of U and ME

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