I have been having a long time problem with high speed wheel vibs... So i'm sure alot of people remember my posts on that problem. I swapped out the old ones and threw in 2 new fronts. My driver side one i could move the bearing in and out like 1/4 inch. While the other side was still no play. I did the driver side first and took my time.. the passenger side i rushed because it was gettin late and the mosquitos were really bad. So i threw it all back together. Now my driver side is smooth as glass, and now i can feel my passenger side vibrating really bad now and it didn't before....
. Now my question is, when you tighten the the torx bolts down, should you go little at a time and move around or just ram them all the way in? Or should i put the CV shaft nut back on and run it home with an inpact wrench before i tighten the torx bolts?
You tighten the torx head bolts first. Those should be torqued to 90ft lbs I believe. Then you do the nut on the axle. Thats 180 ft. lbs. Put a little blue loc tite on there if you have it.
yea thats what i did.... wonder if it was a bad bearing.. or i didn't tighten them really good enough.
I replaced mine 3 times now .. thankfully its all warrenty. Make sure you tighten the torx by hand first all 3 of them. then go back and torque them down, yes tou can get the bearing a little lopsided. once you have them torqued, hit the axle nut with everything you have.
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Hit 200 NA it broke once, Hit 213 it broke again,
Hitting 300 NA is further away than I thought.
yea on the second side i put them in with a torque wrench till snug all the way around... i need to just go by hand like i did on the other side.
Where did you get your parts Cody? I need to do this as well as replace the resistor on my blower motor.....
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esfstumpy wrote:Where did you get your parts Cody? I need to do this as well as replace the resistor on my blower motor.....
I found an error on their website and got timkens for 49.99 each at autozone. I forget the link, but its somwhere in the archived posts on wheel bearings. Took me a long time to dig it up.
This may be a dumb question, but did you use high temp axle grease on your bearings?
I know it's JUST a Cavalier, and I'm sorry if I hurt your ego.
Why would he ????
The J's have sealed bearing in the front .. no need for grease .. just pull the old 1 slide the new 1 in and bam your done, unless you want to replace the seal too.
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Hit 200 NA it broke once, Hit 213 it broke again,
Hitting 300 NA is further away than I thought.
Rol N A Z (AKA: ImportHater) wrote:Why would he ????
The J's have sealed bearing in the front .. no need for grease .. just pull the old 1 slide the new 1 in and bam your done, unless you want to replace the seal too.
Well not the actual bearings...
But where the axel contacts the bearing.....
It's the only thing I can think of only having done 1 wheel bearing so far....
I know it's JUST a Cavalier, and I'm sorry if I hurt your ego.
