10 replies to this topic

[colcooper]

hullo sorry to pick ur brains....bin told by my mate that my drivers front wheel bearings need changing again........only renewed in jan, what could be causing this.................?have looked about and found kit for £15 in mini sport shop (any 1 found any cheaper?)

thanx for ur help

col

:'(

[TJenkos]

What size wheels you got?

[Dog]

too wide of wheels prob!
Yeh I have found some cheaper... £11 for a timkin KIT

[colcooper]

hullo sorry to pick ur brains....bin told by my mate that my drivers front wheel bearings need changing again........only renewed in jan, what could be causing this.................?have looked about and found kit for £15 in mini sport shop (any 1 found any cheaper?)

thanx for ur help

col

:'(

[nmt_oli]

Sometimes, if you drive on a knackered bearing for a while it can damage the bearing houseing, makign it slightly out of shape. this means the new bearing generate play and wear far quicker than normal, so a new housing might be needed if this is a repeated thing.

[colcooper]

thanx 4 ur replies

firstly am running on standard wheels for 91 cooper- thanx tjenkos

dogmatix - where bouts dya get the timiken kit from at such a good price, will need to move quick as mot is looming - that rocks dya mind sharing this info buddy?

thanx nmt oli will consult me mate bout havin a good look at the housing when we dismantle, cheers

[taffy1967]

Funny thing is the N/S front wheel bearing on my 90' Mainstream Mini Cooper has been changed a few times in the past decade, so maybe my bearing housing is damaged?

[Dave the Rave]

Some interesting points there. I'd also like to know where to get some cheap bearings from.

Mine tends to eat them fairly regularly. I normally get them at a reasonable price from various mini-suppliers. Got them from Rover once, i can't remember how much it was, well harsh though. £50 or something.

[Zenob1]

Hmm. At the risk of sounding a bit thick

When you say bearing housing - do you mean the outer race or the part of the hub where the race is located?

I shall be doing both of mine V soon so I'm kinda interestred.

Matt

[TOMMO0302]

They would mean the inside of the hub as you get the outer races with the bearing kit. The outer races can spin in the hub and cause a machine like groove that looks like its meant to be there

[Zenob1]

Ahh. I did wonder...

I'll look out for that then. I guess it depends on how long you leave the bearing before replacing?

Matt