November 15, 200520 yr going 70 on the interstate..... well, provided you keep driving/drag the vehicle to the next exit which was about 1.5 miles away or so....
November 15, 200520 yr You still don't have Miles Fox's record beat. He drives on the rim for miles and miles. yes, it was throwing lots of sparks
November 15, 200520 yr Author You still don't have Miles Fox's record beat. He drives on the rim for miles and miles. yes, but his wheels stayed round
November 15, 200520 yr damn, there was weeks of warning noises right? you expected it to happen eventualy right? thats scary stuff.
November 15, 200520 yr THAT ROCKS, I lost a retreded Snow tire with studs at 75mph once, but never a wheel bearnig,
November 15, 200520 yr Author damn, there was weeks of warning noises right? you expected it to happen eventualy right? thats scary stuff. actually, about a day of noises. there was no wheel movement like you see on bad front bearings. I drove it 210 miles from my parents house to mine. no problems or detectable noises... I pulled the rear axle, and could hear some noises when I spun the tire. didn't think much of it, since I drove my Yukon with rear bearings going out for 22k miles...
November 15, 200520 yr On my first car (the '85 wagon) the rear wheel bearing was worn out, but in a weird way. It ran fine in a straight line, but when cornering (to the right) the bearing would make a grinding sound. I never ended up changing the bearing out - other electrical problems ended up finally killing the car (stupid mice!) I put at least 60k miles on the car with the rear wheel bearing that way - just goes to show you how flat and straight all of the roads around here are... :-\
November 15, 200520 yr Boy, thats too bad it had to happen to a wagon wheel, because, you know, those are really hard to find!:-p Seriously, though, the main thing is that noone got hurt! Kurt
November 15, 200520 yr Thats Crazy! Its a good thing I just started the replacement of my rear bearings in the Brat! I'd hate for it to go out like yours did!
November 15, 200520 yr just be glad it wasn't the front wheel that locked up (gives me a bit of incentive to fix the rear bearing in my bro-in-laws car)
November 15, 200520 yr Now you don't need a hill holder anymore.Just park it on the flat spot. Instant wheel chock! Way to go Mick.Sparks flying around an aging EA81.....eeeeek!
November 15, 200520 yr yeah, chances are there are now pics and videos floating around that were taken by passing motorists .... "HEY LOOK AT THIS SUBARU THE WHEELS WON'T EVEN TURN ON IT!!!"
November 16, 200520 yr i am legend:rolleyes: it was fun. too bad the original post got deleted when miles does it, its criminal. when mcbrat does it, its an experiment... lol i realy had no idea they would sieze like that. makes me paranoid now. just one more thing to be scared on my subaru. i always imagine a wheel flying off at 80, or flames out the hood.
November 16, 200520 yr Hmmm... Glad I changed my rear bearings soon after I found out where the noise was coming from. Did anyone drive past while you were sparking away? That would be interesting to see for by passes.
November 16, 200520 yr Author Did anyone drive past while you were sparking away? That would be interesting to see for by passes. oh, lots of people. it was a busy interstate right on the edge of town
November 16, 200520 yr Yikes! That mile and a half to get to the exit must have felt like a hundred miles away. The noise must have been worse than running your nails down a chalkboard! Jeeez, I can't even stick around while they cut a key for me... screeecchhh!
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