Front Wheel Bearing

[brembo]

@chris-rs380

Thanks for your in-depth reply. A unique case indeed and glad you got it sorted mate!!

@dogbone

Yes it is possible to have a noisy wheel bearing with no play!! The noise and roughness come first and you’ll only get play when it is really F**KED!!

2 things to check mate…..

Find a quiet section of road where there’s nobody about and you can travel at around 50 mph and gently snake from left to right, you should hear the bearing/drone sound change as the weight is transferred on and off the suspect bearing!!

Then jack it up and spin the wheel by hand while holding on to the spring, like I mentioned and you will feel the roughness transferred through the spring!! Hope that helps mate!!

Cheers, Marc.

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MY/17, F/White, Forged Black Wheels, Recaro Shell Seats, Diamas SiRamik Glasscoat, H&R Anti-Roll Bars/15mm Spacers, EBC Turbo Brake Discs all round/Yellowstuff Brake Pads, Mountune Air Intake/Recirc Valve/SSC/Blue Turbo Hose Kit and Hard Pipe/Uprated Springs/Short Shifter/Rear Motor Mount/Crank Breather Plate, ETS Intercooler, Milltek 100 Cell Cat, Remus Wolf Inside Exhaust, Litchfield Stage 2 map via Cobb Accessport V3, DSC unit.

[GM]

@brembo You can beat a good old f**ked bearing, to ruin your day 🤣🤣

[brembo]

@gm

🤣😂….. Quality mate!!

I see you have all the essential bearing removal tools at hand….

Forklift, Chisels, Hydraulic Jacks, Hand Torch, Blow Torch, Bits of Wood, Canvas Sling…… haha…. 🤣😂.

If the Safety Man on my Rig came into the W/shop and saw that set up he’d have a heart attack, lol!!

Cheers, Marc.

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MY/17, F/White, Forged Black Wheels, Recaro Shell Seats, Diamas SiRamik Glasscoat, H&R Anti-Roll Bars/15mm Spacers, EBC Turbo Brake Discs all round/Yellowstuff Brake Pads, Mountune Air Intake/Recirc Valve/SSC/Blue Turbo Hose Kit and Hard Pipe/Uprated Springs/Short Shifter/Rear Motor Mount/Crank Breather Plate, ETS Intercooler, Milltek 100 Cell Cat, Remus Wolf Inside Exhaust, Litchfield Stage 2 map via Cobb Accessport V3, DSC unit.

[dogbone]

@brembo I’ve tried the sway from left to right, will look for a quiet bit of road and try again.  Cheers

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Magnetic   FPM375   DSC Controller  Tractive suspension  EBC discs with Yellow Stuff

[elliot]

Most of the wheel bearings I fail on mot are for ‘roughness on rotation’, bearing in mind mot minimum standards are completely different to service standards 🙄

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[stu-c]

Noise might be tyre related too. I had very similar issues, swore it was bearing then changed tyres and problem solved. The tyre was non-concentric with uneven wear (not the RS though). Might be shocks on way out, still checking…

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NB FPM375

[stu-c]

@gm

Love the bearing ‘extractor’! I had some our guys struggling like hell to get some bronze bushings out last week. I couldn’t get to site for covid regs but I ended up getting parts pressed out at a specialist. Then when I see photos of the job, the bushes were french keyed! 🤦‍♂️

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NB FPM375

[jonyscam]

Hi

Sorry to resurrect this but i now have the same issue… clicking at crawling speeds. I can actually feel it through the steering wheel also. I had it in my mind as wheel bearing or drive shaft CV joint. Looks like a visit to my local garage to get the bearings changed!

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