Can anyone give me an idea of what the rear bearings on the arms sound like when they are going?
Greg
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When my 306 rear driver side bearing went it seized solid, there was no warning noise. So I'd guess if you chock the front tyres up and lift each side with the handbrake off you might be able to see if the wheel turns easily. Also see if it rolls down a slight incline/hill out of gear.
I drove my 306 20 yds to my garage (which is useful) with the tyre scraping on the floor refusing to rotate a mm. Got the full Starsky & Hutch burning rubber show!
I drove my 306 20 yds to my garage (which is useful) with the tyre scraping on the floor refusing to rotate a mm. Got the full Starsky & Hutch burning rubber show!
In my experience, it's a fairly distintive droning noise of constant, low pitch that varies volume with speed - once you've heard one you'll spot another straight away. An indicator of which bearing is shot can be when cornering, as turning right places more strain on the left-hand bearings. This is exactly the problem I had when I bought my 306. Turned out the bearing was totally knackered; took the hub nut off only for the hub to come off with the outer race in the hub and the inner race stuck on the stub axle. No wonder the car sounded like a herd of cows when cornering!
I would also echo previous comments on this subject, and say that unless you're willing to spend an hour smacking the hell out of the old bearing with a 4lb lump hammer (a la me), take the hub and new bearing to a garage where they've got the correct tools to do the job. Unless you have too, in which case go for it
I would also echo previous comments on this subject, and say that unless you're willing to spend an hour smacking the hell out of the old bearing with a 4lb lump hammer (a la me), take the hub and new bearing to a garage where they've got the correct tools to do the job. Unless you have too, in which case go for it
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Thanks everybody. It is really driving me insane!Sometimes it isn't there- there is just a sort of low warbling a bit like the pre replacement sub frame mount noises in miniature and then the next minute there is a sort of a crash.Tehcrash is unpredictable! I read on one of the posts that if you put it up on a hoist and then pushed the arm up hard you could tell if the thing had worn inside What I am worried about is the possiblity of a subframe replacement anyone know how much they cost at thge moment? andyspares doesnt seem to stock the whole unit
Greg
Greg