Half Shaft Problem

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I had a loud grinding noise starting up this weekend and couldn't tell if it was coming from the passenger front or rear. Tonight I jacked the rear up and the passenger side half shaft bearing/hub is bad. The tire felt like the lug nuts were loose it was piveting so bad back and forth. I can look behind the dust plate and see it's metal on metal (I can the shavings). I guess my main question would be if anyone knows what parts are typically bad when this happens. I understand you need to tear into it to fully see what all needs replaced. Has anyone else had this problem? Ideas on what all is bad? Prices? I want to get a ball park on pricing to deicide if I just want to replace everything on my own.

Thanks in Advance.

 

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this exact same thing just started on mine at 70k

i am betting the halfshaft is ok (for now i hope lol)

but it will be a matter of pressing in a new bearing/hub into the knuckle.

thanks to many excellent posts on this board by shelbyguy and others, i am going to attempt to pull the knuckle and do this work myself, even though i never worked on anything with cv joints before. i just need to obtain a 250 ft/lb torque wrench for this job, maybe i will be getting one for christmas lol

i notice that bruce ac427cobra is now selling the full refurbished knuckles

check out this vid on youtube for visuals:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1CqCFJVKNU]YouTube - Cobra IRS Hub and Bearing RR[/ame]

best of luck with it!

 

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Thanks, yea i'm kinda in the same boat. I dont have all the tools needed is the main thing. I moved this year and they are all back home. It's a fairly easy thing to do on your own if you have the tools.

 

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one thing i am not sure on yet is if it is completely necessary to replace the hub AND the bearing

i know the bearing is bad, but is it possible to re-use the hub? or is it a case-by-case basis.

i am thinking that driving for any length of time on a bad bearing is what messes up the seat in the hub, and therefore causes the hub to also need to be replaced

 

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Probably case by case. You will be able to tell if the hub needs replaced just by looking at it once you've got everything apart.