rosscanning
A2OC Donor
Hi everyone,
some of you may know i upgraded my brakes to 288mm from a fabia VRS which are fantastic in every way other than my car failing its MOT today because both wheel bearings have exact same play with symptoms of a failed bearing.
Little disheartening as i had new ones pressed in and they have only travelled 4,000 miles. Im in a bit of a pickle have 10 days to retest and not enough day light to investigate. Mechanic is a sound guy I trust him and suggested swapping cv joints to Fabia ones as the hubs are from fabia. He tried to tighten up hub nut as a starting point to see if i hadnt applied correct torque but still has play. I trust garage but not sure which direction to go in now so i ask you guys for your input as im sure you feel my pain.
options are:
•Change CV joints to fabia ones. But i wont know for sure if this will work.
•try taking hubs off and reseating them to see if it makes a difference.
•revert back to A2 hubs for MOT then investigate at a later day as im pushed for time.
so to sum up mechanic says rear if bearing isn’t nipping up to CV joint like it should in turn causing play like a failed bearing.
any help greatly appreciated
Ross
some of you may know i upgraded my brakes to 288mm from a fabia VRS which are fantastic in every way other than my car failing its MOT today because both wheel bearings have exact same play with symptoms of a failed bearing.
Little disheartening as i had new ones pressed in and they have only travelled 4,000 miles. Im in a bit of a pickle have 10 days to retest and not enough day light to investigate. Mechanic is a sound guy I trust him and suggested swapping cv joints to Fabia ones as the hubs are from fabia. He tried to tighten up hub nut as a starting point to see if i hadnt applied correct torque but still has play. I trust garage but not sure which direction to go in now so i ask you guys for your input as im sure you feel my pain.
options are:
•Change CV joints to fabia ones. But i wont know for sure if this will work.
•try taking hubs off and reseating them to see if it makes a difference.
•revert back to A2 hubs for MOT then investigate at a later day as im pushed for time.
so to sum up mechanic says rear if bearing isn’t nipping up to CV joint like it should in turn causing play like a failed bearing.
any help greatly appreciated
Ross