brus brother Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 (edited) Link click on link then click thumbnail to play. Rear wheel bearing 05 outback 165,000 miles Would this qualify as "excessive" play? It sounded real crunchy when extended and rotated. Edited September 22, 2015 by brus brother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikaleda Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 I can't get the link to work, but if you can pull it out and hear grinding, I'd say you have a bad bearing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 compare to the other side. but yeah, sounds bad as described. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwick Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) Lift wheel off the ground then grab it with both hands at 9 and 3 o'clock. Try moving it. Try again at 12 and 6 o'clock. Any movement and it's bad. If you end up replacing it, go with oem as you'll most likely get another 160k+. Safe bet would be to do both rear wheel bearings at the same time. Typically when one wheel bearing goes bad, it's counterpart isn't far behind. Grinding could actually be brakes though. If the bearing is grinding, there should be a little movement, whether in/out, or side to side. Edited September 23, 2015 by Bushwick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 OK, the video shows him holding the hub and bearing out of the knuckle and shifting it back and forth. so, I have no experience with that type assembly. maybe someone else does. The HBA I installed in an Impala would only rotate - not shift like the video nor wobble. sry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brus brother Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 OK, the video shows him holding the hub and bearing out of the knuckle and shifting it back and forth. so, I have no experience with that type assembly. maybe someone else does. The HBA I installed in an Impala would only rotate - not shift like the video nor wobble. sry Exactly my question! Is it supposed to slide back and forth as in the video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 There should be no play in the bearings on these cars. If you have the assembly out and can feel any roughness when you spin the bearing by hand, the bearing is bad. The ball type bearings may have some movement when the axle nut is not installed. But the bearing should still spin smoothly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY_Dave Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Looks like the assembly has been partially pulled apart to allow the slack, almost no way to tell if good or not unless really obviously bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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