Date:         Sat, 14 Jan 2017 11:04:38 -0700
Reply-To:     Steve Williams <steve@WILLIAMSITCONSULTING.COM>
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From:         Steve Williams <steve@WILLIAMSITCONSULTING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Easy way to tell which W.B...
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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Hi,

I had a similiar situation this last summer.  I have the Axle Nut tool
that you can use a breaker bar on
(http://www.gowesty.com/product-details.php?v=&id=23470).

When I couldn't figure out which wheel bearing it was, I took out the
Axle Nut tool, my breaker bar & checked which nut was looser.  One was
significantly looser than the other (determined by standing on the end
of the breaker bar).

After rough calculations on what 300 foot lbs should be on a 18" breaker
bar, I tightened the loose wheel nut to very fine specifications (slight
bounce on breaker bar!  lol).

It got me 1500 km home (with frequent stops to check the temperature of
the hub).  It should not have loosened, so I know there's something
wrong in there and now that my van is parked in my garage for the
winter, it's my high priority job :)

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Steve W.

On 14/01/2017 10:15 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
> ..Is going bad?   I've done the right rear in the distant past... But quite
> a few miles ago... Lately I'm hearing some protest, rotation of
> wheels-related, (clutch in..No difference, turns no dectable difference,
> either)
> I have no idea which wheel it may be... I've lifted and done the push/pull,
> feel for play test, but they're similar feeling at the rear, the fronts
> feel correct and they rotate smoothly... I am pretty sure the fronts are
> fine...
>    I am semi-remote and depending on only my onboard tools, but I can
> replace the rears OK, and I have one complete setup... I just don't want to
> start the wrong wheel, out bere on BLM ....Any "trick" to help me figure
> out the "most bad" bearing, so I can do it right here, rather than
> somewhere north, in the snow?  thanks DH