torquewrench

Hello VVF!

On the contrary. I'd call him up and congratulate him on a marvellous piece of engineering - once I master the art of speaking German over here! I'm still trying to get to terms with that small locknut being capable of holding everything in place.

Kinda reminds me of the 90s movie The Rookie starring Clint Eastwood and Charlie Sheen. If my old memory serves me right, they jump out of a building buckled onto a 500SL. Walking away unhurt from the wreck, Eastwood utters the classic 1 liner, "Engineered like no other car!"

Regards,
torquewrench

jkowtko

Remember the lock bolt only keeps the nut from turning ... there is really no force on that nut trying to turn it other than the moderate friction of the washer betwen the nut and the outer bearing. From what I remember from other cars, the spindle threads mirror each other on both sides of the car, so the nut tightens when you turn it in the direction of forward travel of the wheel. So any rotational force on the nut due to a moving bearing will tend to be in the direction of tightening it up (therefore no chance of the nut unscrewing itself and the wheel falling off.

Thanks. John

Ulixes

Hey Mister jkowtko regarding the front wheel bearing, I started to get a grinding noise on the front tires, after some inspection I notice that the fron calipers where scraping the rims, I decied to change both front wheel bearings, now afte putting everything back together my passenger side wheel starts to grind after some driving, Could it be that the bearing are not seated well, hence getting loose after the some driving, any toughts please
Cheers

jkowtko

That's always a possibility. I'm not an expert on bearings other than I've had a couple go out on me over the years. I would suggest jacking up that one wheel and spinning it, feeling the springs for vibration or roughness in the wheel movement, and checking the wheel for excessive play.

I wouldn't think it would grind though if the bearing were just loose.

You sure you cleaned out the hubs thoroughly when you changed the bearings? Did you change the outer races as well?

-- John

wvadam

the term 'installation is the reverse of removal' comes to mind. too bad you didn't take a picture for reference on the install.