[Vwdiesel] Bad wheel bearing, how do you narrow it down to the wheel?

[Dave Cook]

I've got the front wheel bearing replacement set so you can do it on the car.  

One of the parts places had a loaner system for awhile.  I'd be willing to do the same terms for anyone on the list.  (I'll have to check with my friend who used that once and see what they were, but it was a fee and a good-sized returnable deposit in case something happened to the set.)

Dave Cook


--- On Wed, 7/8/09, Bryan Belman <dieselwesty at yahoo..com> wrote:

> From: Bryan Belman <dieselwesty at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Bad wheel bearing, how do you narrow it down to the wheel?
> To: LBaird119 at aol.com, vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 7:41 PM
> Thanks, I will try these simple tests
> first, a Growl is a good word for what I am hearing.
> 
> I did not know about testing the front wheels like that,
> sounds like a great test.
> 
> 
>  Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ
> 04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp -- running :)
> 92 Jetta 1.6 Eco-Turbo Diesel -- running :)
> 82 Diesel Westy 1.9NA -- Not running :(
> 70 Type 1 stock Beetle -- Not running :( 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: "LBaird119 at aol.com"
> <LBaird119 at aol.com>
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 12:31:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Bad wheel bearing, how do you
> narrow it down to the wheel?
> 
> In a message dated 7/8/2009 9:08:21 AM Pacific Daylight
> Time, 
> dieselwesty at yahoo.com
> writes:
> 
> > So, if one of those was bad, you think they would have
> seen it at the 
> > shop and told me.
> 
>   Not necessarily.
>   You can do a sloppiness check of the rears by simply
> putting your 
> foot on the top/sidewall of the rear tires and rocking the
> car with 
> it.  If there's clunking, they're loose.  Would have to
> be pretty loose 
> to make much noise.  It should feel like a fairly bad rear
> shock when 
> they're just a bit loose.
>   Fronts are easy.  Set the P-brake, jack up one front
> wheel, run it 
> up to about 50mph in 3rd, pop it in neutral, shut off the
> engine and 
> go listen.  Do the same for the other front wheel. 
> Compare the 
> sound.
>   Front wheel bearings usually make more of a growl and it
> gets 
> better/worse when turning to one side or the other, at
> speed.
>     Loren
> 
> 
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