I worked with a guy who thought we should have a "Failure Meeting" every week where you'd tell about what you failed at that week, and *more importantly*, what you learned. This is my confession and what I learned:
I've been having the dreaded WUHWUHWUH noise, which progressed to a thumping in the steering. As you may have read in my other threads, I believed it to be the driver's front wheel bearing for multiple reasons. I tested it and it moved, OR SO I THOUGHT. So I swapped it out. After my multiple bearing issues, I finally got it back together.
WUHWUHWUH. Still. Crap. Fail #1.
Ok, let's look at the axle and CVs. Uh-oh, there's L<--->R movement in the driver's axle and none in the passenger axle...gotta be it. Changed out the driver's axle.
WUHWUHWUH. STILL. CRAP. Fail #2.
Ok, just for gits and shiggles, let me test the passenger bearing. Raise up the car, push/pull on the wheel. Hands at 12 & 6, then 3 & 9.
HOLY COW, THERE'S A LOT OF WIGGLING IN THE WHEEL, ALMOST AS IF THE PASSENGER BEARING IS TOAST. WHICH I SHOULD HAVE CHECKED IN THE FIRST PLACE. Winner, winner, chicken dinner. (In my defense, I didn't feel anything when I rotated the tires a few weeks ago, but I wasn't looking for it, either.)
So that's my confession and lesson folks: test everything before you jump in and waste lots of time and money.
Matthew
I've been having the dreaded WUHWUHWUH noise, which progressed to a thumping in the steering. As you may have read in my other threads, I believed it to be the driver's front wheel bearing for multiple reasons. I tested it and it moved, OR SO I THOUGHT. So I swapped it out. After my multiple bearing issues, I finally got it back together.
WUHWUHWUH. Still. Crap. Fail #1.
Ok, let's look at the axle and CVs. Uh-oh, there's L<--->R movement in the driver's axle and none in the passenger axle...gotta be it. Changed out the driver's axle.
WUHWUHWUH. STILL. CRAP. Fail #2.
Ok, just for gits and shiggles, let me test the passenger bearing. Raise up the car, push/pull on the wheel. Hands at 12 & 6, then 3 & 9.
HOLY COW, THERE'S A LOT OF WIGGLING IN THE WHEEL, ALMOST AS IF THE PASSENGER BEARING IS TOAST. WHICH I SHOULD HAVE CHECKED IN THE FIRST PLACE. Winner, winner, chicken dinner. (In my defense, I didn't feel anything when I rotated the tires a few weeks ago, but I wasn't looking for it, either.)
So that's my confession and lesson folks: test everything before you jump in and waste lots of time and money.
Matthew