Wheel Bearing Play

[Mark_Solesbury]

Hiya

There is a knocking coming from the nsr wheel on my 90.

If you grab the wheel at the top, and shake you can hear it knock and there is a fair bit of play.

Im gonna strip it and look at the weel bearing tomorrow...

if its not that - any other ideas?  If you hold the back plate of the disk, you can feel the play in that area...

[clbarclay]

Worn swivel bearings would also allow play in the top of the wheel, but usually you get steering wheel vibrations when they start to wear.

[Paul]

Shake it again and get someone to put the foot brake on, if the knock stops it's the wheel bearing, if it's still there it's the swivel pin bearings or something else...

Have you checked your wheel nuts are tight  :)

[davidlandy]

if its the rear wheel as said its the bearing.

dead easy to do, fortunatley as they seen to need a lot of attn.

[Paul]

Read it as nsf not nsr  #-o

Same still applies to putting the foot brake on but it won't be your swivel bearing at fault - just loose wheel nuts  :lol:

[Daz800]

just had the same thing with my 90.

Bearings were fine i just  regreased them after a good clean down.

easy job. if it was new bearing and seals i would say about 1 hour labour.

Darryl

[davidlandy]

Read it as nsf not nsr  #-o

Same still applies to putting the foot brake on but it won't be your swivel bearing at fault - just loose wheel nuts  :lol:

someones been on the pop again  

[clbarclay]

Read it as nsf not nsr  #-o

I had just man read it and missed that bit completely #-o

[Mark_Solesbury]

K

Ive nipped the wheel bearing up a tad, but have discovered where my knock is actually coming from

Its got Old Man Emu 672?? springs on it.

The knock is the NSR spring rattling in the top of the mount thats welded to teh chassis.

Its the only one that is doing it. I dont have a spring compressor to remove it to look properly.

Is there supposed to be some form of gasket between the spring and the mount? If you hit the spring with your hand, you get a loud rattling sound.

Any Ideas?

[davidlandy]

jubilee clip the spring into the seat.

[L90OOK]

The weight of the vehicle should be keeping the springs in place  :-s  :-k
Something isn't right there...if someone stands on the rear of the landy does the suspension compress?
It sounds like something is keeping the chassis & axle apart.
Try removing the shock & see what happens.