mkd

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My FD's right side has been making a bearing noise for a while. Jacking up the car and rocking the wheels I found the front to be tight, but the rear had some play. I removed the rear wheel and found that the toe link heim joint was somewhat worn, so perhaps that was were the play was coming from. Regardless, I removed the rear spindle, pressed out the old hub and bearing, and pressed in a new bearing and new hub. However, with the spindle still removed from the car, there is a small amount of play between the new bearing and the spindle (not between the hub and bearing).

Does this indicate my spindle is bad? I've also heard that a little play is normal until the axle nut is torqued down.

mkd

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My mechanic friend said it's fucked

gracer7-rx7

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possible causes in rank order of probability
1. bad bearing
2. bad hub or damaged during pressing of the bearing
3. spindle aka upright

mkd

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As mentioned above, it's the outside of the bearing against the spindle where the play is. So it must be the spindle that is bad.

How badly do you have to **** up pressing the bearing out/in to **** up the spindle? I won't claim that by rig was perfectly level, but it was close and went out/in smoothly.

gracer7-rx7

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I've only done it once but it is rather easy to **** up. Mine didn't work out for reasons that I forget and I had to get another one.