Wheel Bearings

Wheel Bearings – tapered, sealed

· Tapered – adjustable

· Has an outer race/cup and an inner cone (free to rotate)

· Nee to be replaced as a unit

· To test

· Roll it to see if there is any roughness

· Test drive, lightly veer from left to right, if the noise increases, tapered bearings will get louder when you load them up

· Sealed

· A sealed bearing will get quieter when you lead them up

· Jack up back end ( or one wheel if open differential)

· Run it, do you hear noise?

· Tapered – left, spin wheel, hard on bumper – can feel growling

If you turn to the left, you are loading the right.

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