John L
A2OC Donor
MY car recently failed an MOT due to there being too much flex in the front left wheel bearing.
There was no noise from the bearing or anything untoward that I noticed.
The dealer who did the MOT then changed the bearing but reported afterwards that the new bearing had too much flex. Unfortunately I was unable to see for myself if the nature of the flex but wonder if anyone has any ideas based from this of what the issue could be?
The dealer think that the brand new bearing may be faulty and so want to replace it. On a more conventional bearing you would just tighten the nut to remove play but according to the dealer this is not possible on modern bearings such as fitted to the A2.
I also assume as installed by a main dealer the clearance in the bearing housing should have been checked and within tolerances. If this was not so I guess this could cause some wobble.
Could wobble be caused if the hexagon socket nut on the outer joint was reused?
I have driven the car with the new "faulty" bearing and noticed no vibration or noise even at motorway speeds or on roundabouts.
The cause and precise nature of the problem is a bit of a mystery and I wonder if anyone has experienced similar or has any ideas of how to solve this?
Thanks!
John
There was no noise from the bearing or anything untoward that I noticed.
The dealer who did the MOT then changed the bearing but reported afterwards that the new bearing had too much flex. Unfortunately I was unable to see for myself if the nature of the flex but wonder if anyone has any ideas based from this of what the issue could be?
The dealer think that the brand new bearing may be faulty and so want to replace it. On a more conventional bearing you would just tighten the nut to remove play but according to the dealer this is not possible on modern bearings such as fitted to the A2.
I also assume as installed by a main dealer the clearance in the bearing housing should have been checked and within tolerances. If this was not so I guess this could cause some wobble.
Could wobble be caused if the hexagon socket nut on the outer joint was reused?
I have driven the car with the new "faulty" bearing and noticed no vibration or noise even at motorway speeds or on roundabouts.
The cause and precise nature of the problem is a bit of a mystery and I wonder if anyone has experienced similar or has any ideas of how to solve this?
Thanks!
John