wheel bearing woes

[Shteifen]

i had an experience with ultra tune where they replaced a wheel bearing and didnt tighten the but nut up. no noise or anything, nice and quiet. then i started doing my own servicing. during first service after ultra tune changed the bearing, found the big nut loose enough to have damaged the axle stub, the wheel was wobbling side to side for months and i didnt feel/see anything! got work to call up and tell ultra tune to replace the bearing and the axle stub at their expence.
weird thing was even though it was making all this movement and causing damage to the axle stub, i didnt notice anything until i tightened the big nut up to where it was supposed to be. the one reciept i ever kept....
-steve

[Mrk_Mickey]

Ahh man that sucks. I haven't seen or felt any wobbling but I'll get friends to keep a look out on a drive or something.

I reeeeaaaaaallyyyy don't wanna replace the stub axles...

[karmen]

could still be tyres as well
my dtrs Cordoba had no bearing sound at all when off the ground
felt the tyres and wacked and worn
so off they came = sweet silence on maxims

[Preen59]

If the nuts were loose and you've now adjusted them, your wheel bearings are shot. You MUST adjust them correctly before putting any load on them at all, or they will be damaged instantly. Correct adjustment is nip the nut up until you can only just turn the washer. This allows for thermal expansion when the hub warms up.

There's nothing wrong with the equipment, just the bloke using it..