wheel bearings
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From: Dover AFB, DE
ugh...
Wow, alot of hub assembly questions lately...when i first bought my teggy, i heard a slight noise coming from her and ignored it...BAD CHOICE...anyways long story short i thought it was her brakes squealing but it wan't my buddy told me it was a wheel bearing, and for some reason when they go out...they go out in a bang. So we removed the hub assembly and took the knuckle to napa and got the old bearing pressed out and installed a new bearing and since then she's ran like a champ....but i went hog wild and replaced all 4 wheel bearings...let me tell you the trailing arm is a hassle to install by yourself. While your at it go to delray acura website and purchase the 5 lug wheelbearings from there and get all the bearings installed and then get some new rims and there you go! you just earned 10 cool points...lol
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in regards to the loud grinding sound i have a 98 ls in my civic amd an ls tranny and i just started hearing a really really lous nouse while im going straight coming from my front left tire from what you guys are saying it sounds like i need to get that bearing replace asap it all started when i noticed my axle nut was really really loose so i tightened it then i started hearing the noise after i started driving before my tires were squeaking so i thought it could be the bearing but now i know :irock:
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From: Dover AFB, DE
in regards to the loud grinding sound i have a 98 ls in my civic amd an ls tranny and i just started hearing a really really lous nouse while im going straight coming from my front left tire from what you guys are saying it sounds like i need to get that bearing replace asap it all started when i noticed my axle nut was really really loose so i tightened it then i started hearing the noise after i started driving before my tires were squeaking so i thought it could be the bearing but now i know :irock:
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i dunno why lol, my car vibrates a lot due to my solid motor mounts for my swap, but honestly i have no clue why it was loose. im just glad that i found out before it fell off and i had even more problems to worry about
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From: Dover AFB, DE
umm...solid motor mounts are a bad choice to have in my opinion. it shimmys and vibrates the hell out of the chassis. i mean how would you like it if you had no gloves to insulate your hands from vibration from a jackhammer on crack? at first you'll hold out but you grow weak over time. but that's my opinion though.
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yea i know i didnt put the mounts in myself i bought the car with them like that but if i can find softer ones that will fit im definetly gonna put them on i mean i can deal with the car shaking a lil bit more than necessary but like you said i dont think the chassis will i mean it is a 1990 body lol