Noisy wheel bearing! Which wheel?

I have noticed on a long right hand bend at 65mph (when the noise is usually worst) the noise goes away! On a long left hand bend at 65 mph the noise stays the same or gets louder.
From your experience is the damaged bearing on the nearside or the offside?

I think it is the offside but my mate thinks its the nearside! if I can narrow it down to one side or the other I then have a 50% chance of getting the repair right first time

Its a RR 4.0 petrol P38 by the way.

offside as weight is increased on that side in a lh bend

Tighten one up go round bend and see what happens!.
Or stop being tight,replace both......job done.

hoopfish said:

tighten one up go round bend and see what happens!.
Or stop being tight,replace both......job done.

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+1

Thor1950 said:

+1

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you cant adjust p38 wheel bearings

jamesmartin said:

you cant adjust p38 wheel bearings

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But you can replace them?
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p38 wheel bearings,he didnt even say in the thread if was driving a disco 1 or an elephant. Most wheelbearings are connicle so can be tweaked up,if these cant then replace them.If 1 side has gone then the other is sure to follow,replace both with minimal cost and effort.....job done!.

Ah so he did...P38.
Move along nothing to see here

Would still replace both to save further issues.

i think lr recommend changing the whole hub ,not cheap ,but you can buy wheel bearings to fit old hubs

would not jacking up each front wheel in turn, find a noisey bearing when you rotate it,
more so if you have been driving the p38 for a few miles before hand?

If you jack it up the one with the knackered bearing the wheel might wobble around.

Mattrnsm said:

If you jack it up the one with the knackered bearing the wheel might wobble around.

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You are unlikely to feel anything unless the bearing has disintegrated.

Cheapest hubs I've see. Are here

http://www.totalparts.co.uk/:)

Thank you for all your comments, I will be replacing the offside first. I have never done this before so if all goes well the nearside will follow but if the job turns out to be a bit of a mare then at least the worst one will have been done.

Remember remember the fith of November , no but they are handed order the correct side

defender300td1 said:

Cheapest hubs I've see. Are here

http://www.totalparts.co.uk/:)

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you can buy the bearings try ftc1507

jamesmartin said:

you can buy the bearings try ftc1507

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Yes if you got a press ect to remove them.

jamesmartin said:

you can buy the bearings try ftc1507

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That number is for the complete hub and is been superseded by GBR 100.

The way I understand it the bearing can't be changed in the hub, if someone has managed it I want to see pictures.

minidod said:

That number is for the complete hub and is been superseded by GBR 100.

The way I understand it the bearing can't be changed in the hub, if someone has managed it I want to see pictures.

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Do a search in range rover then! I see you've had salesman bull why would they sell the bearing then !!

minidod said:

That number is for the complete hub and is been superseded by GBR 100.

The way I understand it the bearing can't be changed in the hub, if someone has managed it I want to see pictures.

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The bearing can be changed, I have not done it on the P38 but done it a couple of times on Transits. I cut the bearing out as they are bloody tight, I freeze the new bearing in the deep freeze for at least 24 hours and heat the hub in the oven, I have then found I can press the new bearings in with a large vice instead of the 20 tonne press specified