SpyderRider
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Maybe messing with your head! :dontknow:
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Fearing the worst... please tell me I'm wrong..
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Lamonster
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[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esGSCDrIn8Y[/ame]
SpyderGirl
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Thanks for the vid Lamont, now I know what I am looking for.
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If you had driven your spyder to Lodi to get parts and the bearings failed there, you could have become a fan of that CCR song Lodi (oh lord stuck in lodi again).
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SpyderGirl
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So I was going to post when I got finished, however it was 1:30am. The inner bearings seemed okay, but I replaced them anyway. The outer bearing which was replaced merely 5k miles ago, seemed to be the culprit.
The job was pretty easy, just time consuming since I had never done it before. Got it all back together and then tested to see if he sound was gone and the belt was tracking properly...that was about 11:45. After several adjustments and another 1 1/2 hours later I think we got it. Just need to do a road test. And the sound is gone.
So I bathed in degreaser and got to sleep by 2:15 and was supposed to be up by 5:30 for work. Wel I am just now on my way to work and it's 9:30. it was a long night!!!
The job was pretty easy, just time consuming since I had never done it before. Got it all back together and then tested to see if he sound was gone and the belt was tracking properly...that was about 11:45. After several adjustments and another 1 1/2 hours later I think we got it. Just need to do a road test. And the sound is gone.
So I bathed in degreaser and got to sleep by 2:15 and was supposed to be up by 5:30 for work. Wel I am just now on my way to work and it's 9:30. it was a long night!!!
Firefly
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So I was going to post when I got finished, however it was 1:30am. The inner bearings seemed okay, but I replaced them anyway. The outer bearing which was replaced merely 5k miles ago, seemed to be the culprit.
The job was pretty easy, just time consuming since I had never done it before. Got it all back together and then tested to see if he sound was gone and the belt was tracking properly...that was about 11:45. After several adjustments and another 1 1/2 hours later I think we got it. Just need to do a road test. And the sound is gone.
So I bathed in degreaser and got to sleep by 2:15 and was supposed to be up by 5:30 for work. Wel I am just now on my way to work and it's 9:30. it was a long night!!!
:congrats: on getting it done!:2thumbs:
SpyderGirl
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Thanks. And thanks for the tips. We spent about a 1/2 hour trying to find something to use instead of the socket spanner. What a headache!
I hope the belt is okay, it seems to be. We are going to do a little road test when I get home from work.
I'm exhausted!!
SpyderGirl
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It certainly is. But I am pretty good with working on stuff like that. I've done things that I never thought I could do including changing the water pump on my old 944, and changing out the tie rod, and hub and bearing on another 944. I've also done a hub and bearing on my old Grand Am GT and my husband's old Avalanche. Let's just say that all the tools in the garage belong to me.
The "bench" test seemed to go okay. The belt appeared to be tracking good in forward and reverse. Going to road test it tonight when we go out to put gas in the Spyders. Wish me luck that all will be okay.
SpyderGirl
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And I know it's probably in the service manual, but what is the torque spec on the wheel axle nut?
Raptor
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So out of morbid curiousity, what did you end up using instead of the spanner? I am assuming this for an axle lock nut?
SpyderGirl
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What I came up with was ingenious actually. I plan on improving on it and maybe offering it up for anyone here who does their own bearings.
I used a "T" bracket I had laying around and just cut the top part of the "T" on either side to make it wide enough to reach across from one side to the other then just used a cresent wrench to grab the long end and turned.
SpyderGirl
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Thanks, and I am happy to report that the hub was okay. I can't believe that bearing failed in only 5K miles... any thoughts on that????
Raptor
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Very Cool! When the dust settles and you have a moment that would be a great idea. I would like to see this thing!
docdoru
Doru the Destroyer-Spyder Photo Investigator
I'll tell you how to check the hub when you return...
SpyderGirl
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Very Cool! When the dust settles and you have a moment that would be a great idea. I would like to see this thing!
Sure thing!
Now I wanted to ask... when I took the seal out to access the sprocket bearing this "thing" fell out. The best way I can describe it is as a tightly coiled metal rubber-band like ring that looked pinched and mangled. It wasn't listed in the list of parts the exploded diagram so I have to assume that it was a foreign object that was in there that may had been the culprit of the premature failure of that bearing. The dealer was the one that replaced that bearing at about 21K miles.
I'll try to get a picture of it tonight when I get home.
Thoughts????
SpyderGirl
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I'll tell you how to check the hub when you return...
Okay.... should I be scared?
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