inner front wheel bearing: I'll try again!
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From: Snellville, GA USA
Car: 90 Formula
Engine: 350
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inner front wheel bearing: I'll try again!
Okay, there was some confusion in my last post, so I will try again. I was trying to figure out where my other bearing is in the front end and how to replace it. I did replace my front rotor and from what I can remember the bearing that sits inside of the rotor. If there are two bearings in the rotor I guess I replaced them both but I didn't think there was two. Is there two styles of rotors maybe? I don't know but my car is the same now as it was before I changed out the rotors, so I didn't leave a bearing out. My car rides good all the other times just when I turn hard in parking lots the tires scrape the inner wheelwell. Please help, and ask questions if I didn't explain something well enough. I am new at most everything so I could have left some info out that you guys need to help me.
Thanks and any thoughts are appreciated.
Thanks and any thoughts are appreciated.
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Jack the car up one side at a time by a floor jack under the lower control arm, see if there's any play in the bearings just by grabbing the wheel at the top and bottom and trying to move it.
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Car: 90 Formula
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My wheels do have a little play in them when I shake them. When I park my car with the wheels turned they kind of look like they are leaning a little bit. Could this be another part of my suspension that is shot?
I am starting to think I need to just save up the money to take my car somewhere and have an expert check it out...
I am starting to think I need to just save up the money to take my car somewhere and have an expert check it out...
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Check the ball joints...if they're shot they will cause a bit of leaning of the tire/wheel.
Our rotors only have 2 bearings, an inner held in by the grease seal and the outer held on by the washer and spindle nut, and cotter pin, and the dust cap.
Ed
Our rotors only have 2 bearings, an inner held in by the grease seal and the outer held on by the washer and spindle nut, and cotter pin, and the dust cap.
Ed
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Whenever you turn your wheels, they "lean". The axis they pivot on isn't straight up and down in either the left-right or the front-rear plane. So what you describe is normal.
How much play do you have when you do as I described with the wheel? About 1/8" is normal, anything more than ¼" is too much.
You can do the same test, and put a 2x4 under the wheel and lever it up and down, and see the ball joint play if there is any.
Tires scraping the inner fender well is fairly normal for these cars, even with the stock size tires. If your tires have a more "square" profile than the OE ones, where the edges of the tread aren't as curved where they meet the sidewalls, they can easily rub. A performance alignment will make this worse because where they usually rub is the rear of the wheel opening at the very bottom, right in front of the rocker panel ground effects, and a typical performance alignment leans the top of the strut rearwards, thus moving the wheel a little closer to that part of the body. The left will rub on hard left turns, and/or the right on hard right turns. My car does it and isn't the only one I've seen do it. Some tires I've had do it much worse than others.
How much play do you have when you do as I described with the wheel? About 1/8" is normal, anything more than ¼" is too much.
You can do the same test, and put a 2x4 under the wheel and lever it up and down, and see the ball joint play if there is any.
Tires scraping the inner fender well is fairly normal for these cars, even with the stock size tires. If your tires have a more "square" profile than the OE ones, where the edges of the tread aren't as curved where they meet the sidewalls, they can easily rub. A performance alignment will make this worse because where they usually rub is the rear of the wheel opening at the very bottom, right in front of the rocker panel ground effects, and a typical performance alignment leans the top of the strut rearwards, thus moving the wheel a little closer to that part of the body. The left will rub on hard left turns, and/or the right on hard right turns. My car does it and isn't the only one I've seen do it. Some tires I've had do it much worse than others.
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