zep Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Hey guys, I'm getting a horrible kinda whiney wirring noise coming from the rear of my car somewhere. I think it might be one of the wheel bearing. The problem is, I can't figure out how to get to it. What do I do? Cheers Leon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushrod Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Ive never done it on a disc brake rear end or anything other than a ford but here goes you will need to remove the caliper and I guess the brake rotor undo the bolts holding on the flange /bearing housing and pull the half shaft out with a slide hammer and bearing attached to it then get someone to replace the bearing and put it all back together I think that should be it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted April 10, 2005 Author Share Posted April 10, 2005 Aww man, I just got those calipers and stuff aligned! sheeeeit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYKOV6 Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 yeah what he said , if it has a tapered roller bearing u wont need a slide hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted April 10, 2005 Author Share Posted April 10, 2005 Hmm, maybe I'll take it up to my mechanic and see what he says. Don't wanna do that unless it's absolutely necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest d1lema Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 i know in my corona i had to take axle to an engineer to get the bearing pressed off and the new one pressed on cost me around $50 and yeah its a prick of a job to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draizuh Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 I thought it was in the front left hand side? sure sounded like it today. infact i could feel it vibrating the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted April 10, 2005 Author Share Posted April 10, 2005 That was a different problem, dude. I'm talking about the wirring. That grinding noise was comming from the frount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WESTCORT Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 haha sounds like the gem has seen better days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draizuh Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 That was a different problem, dude. I'm talking about the wirring. That grinding noise was comming from the frount. Oh that! ahaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted April 11, 2005 Author Share Posted April 11, 2005 I'm going to cry if it's the diff. Might be time to shell out for some Hilux love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushrod Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Just give the wheel bearing a check first and hopefully that's what it will be, nice and cheap and easy to fix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted April 11, 2005 Author Share Posted April 11, 2005 Yeah, I don't have a slide hammer tho. Gonna take it to a mechanic and jack up the back, see where they think it's comming from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 well if you jack up that side of the car that you think has the buggered wheel bearing then grab the tyre and wriggle it ....if it has excessive mvement its the bearing ...ur can tell on the front just spin the wheel and u'll feel the rumbling through the chassis ...changing wheel bearings is piss easy but then again ive only done tapered ones , the whirring might be caused by lack of oil in diff???? mine screamed when it had none in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted April 11, 2005 Author Share Posted April 11, 2005 I filled the diff up so I doubt it's that. Should I have the hand brake on or off to test this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 off the brake will interfer with the wheel movement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
si Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 i had a similar problem to what you described, took the cort to my mechanic, who did one wheel bearing hten took it for a drive, didnt fix the problem. swaped diffs fixed it. the best thing is, he never invoiced me for the work! hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted April 14, 2005 Author Share Posted April 14, 2005 If it's my diff, i'm going to cry. The thing is, if it was the diff, wouldn't I heard it all the time when I was on throttle? This is only when i'm on lightly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYKOV6 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 no if the crown wheel and pinion are out of elignment most of the noise will b heard on the after run and at light load time. in saying that if you dont do heaps of skids and your diff deosnt have a million miles on it it is unlikely that the diff bearings or spider gears are stuffed more like prob a wheel bearing or seized uni joint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted April 14, 2005 Author Share Posted April 14, 2005 I haven't even pulled a skid with it. Although, not to say that last guy didn't. It just started it tho, so I'm hoping it's a bearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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