noisy front end

gizgrey

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• Feb 14, 2011

• #1

have just replaced front wheel bearing and stub axle on my disco,now there is a loud scraping noise when driving,my initial thought was the disc back plate was rubbing,but it is bit more serious sounding than that,thinking it maybe front diff,unless i forgot to set something,what i done was,new front wheel bearings,top and bottom swivel bearings and a new stub axle swivel seal and all other front seals and gaskets,i also put new thrush washer and bearing on stub axle..
it was noisy before and there was aloud clunck yesterday when i was driving which i thought was bearing seizing then freeing off again,also top swivel bearing was disintegrated...

looking for an easy fix hopeing its not diff..

 

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• Feb 14, 2011

• #2

I'm just guessing here - perhaps you may have overtightened the wheel bearing?

 

gizgrey

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• Feb 14, 2011

• #3

only just nipped them up,could still spin disc easily

 

jamesmartin

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• Feb 14, 2011

• #4

has top swivel brg broken since you did brgs did you fit shims on cv

 

gizgrey

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• Feb 14, 2011

• #5

yes but only managed to get one shim in, it was the thicker one of the two before the circlip,i dont think bearing has broken it has three shims under it,i could turn swivel side to side easy with no drag,all was play free when i put wheel one,i did notice it was hard to get out of diff lock when i road tested it,not sure if this is related though.

 

gizgrey

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• Feb 15, 2011

• #6

took it for a 30 mile run to see if any diffrence,got back checked ell bearings,was a bit play on swivels so took out shims,disc was touching back plate abit not much though,readjusted bearings,
still noisy i think maybe bearings are faulty,they were bearmach bearings so not top spec,cant think anything else it could be it does sound like a bearing noise,but doesnt go away when going round corners or braking..

thats what i get for treating it too a nice new snorkel booo..

 

gizgrey

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• Feb 18, 2011

• #7

problem solved...fitted some decent bearings and all well..

not sure if they had supplied wrong bearings if this is possible,are earlier disco bearings slightly bigger?