phtmbl Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 i have just replaced a rear wheel bearing on my gto but still have play, i am assuming that the housing that the bearing sits in has become oversized. has anyone heard of this before? is there an easy way to fix this? i do have another diff housing but dont really wanna do the whole change over thing if i can avoid it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Tightened it up? usually you can get away for wofs by tightening them up rather than replacing... even tho they say replace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phtmbl Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 its a rear one that gets pressed onto axle and i have already replaced it but its still got movement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Oh didnt read that part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eke_zetec_RWD Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 if the bearing was spinning in the housing then it can make it loose, locktight it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Could you replace it with a slightly larger diameter bearing? May be a dumb idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy_rich Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 If the bearing is loose in the housing the only proper way to fix it is to machine it oversize and put a larger bearing in (will want to do both sides) or machine it out and scotch key a sleeve in, machined to the original diameter, loctiting or just bashing a bigger OD bearing in will not fix the problem properly or for the long term. Getting another diff housing will be the cheapest option. Either way, I'd double check to make sure you'v got the right bearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phtmbl Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 lucky for me the mechanic doing the wof let me pull it all down for him in front of him there was tiny tiny tiny little bit of rust particals in there so we cleaned it out put a few tiny pin dents all around the bearing housing and a verl little locktite to just help hold it in and all is alot better and he passed the wof and pretty much did it al for free i was thinking along the whole keyed sleve in the housing thou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84_S12 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Back in the old days they used to knurl it or pin punch it as was done for/by you. Also, one of the WOF inspectors at my old work said that he has used bog in the housing and pressed the bearing in with no further issues.... And he worked for VTNZ for many years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozin Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Bog Christ what a dodgy bastard. I have a bearing to do this weekend, yay for that.... anything involving packing something with grease, I usually don't enjoy doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy_rich Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Back in the old days they used to knurl it or pin punch it as was done for/by you. Also, one of the WOF inspectors at my old work said that he has used bog in the housing and pressed the bearing in with no further issues....And he worked for VTNZ for many years! thats absolutely disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84_S12 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 I'm sure there have been plenty worse rangi repairs And bog is pretty bloody hard stuff - not much different to using loctite I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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