lateral movement?

[Nine9six]

I am rebuilding my brake calipers, and while I'm here I noticed a bit to much lateral movement of one of my rear hubs. Whats involved in resetting the bearing play?
Thanks,
Paul

[Nine9six]

Anyone; please?

[Zeke]

Somehow, I think there's a "I don't want to go first" problem here. Many times I will post on a thread that has gone unanswered and all of a sudden the flood gates open.

The thing is here, I don't know all that much about the Carrera years. There are some subtle and not so subtle differences between those years and what I work on.

Anyway, for what it's worth, I don't think there should be any lateral movement on the hub. So, sit tight and wait for John Walker or any of the many who know exactly what is going on. I seem to remember this happening to someone else and there is a fix.

[Nine9six]

Thanks Zeke...Looks like nobody else has piped up.

[Fishcop]

Okay, I'll have a go...

I recently changed the bearings on my earlier car. I know there are some subtle differences. I had the same symptoms as you describe and it turned out that the bearings were beyond loose - they were completely shagged and failing fast.

For mine I had to get a 30mm socket and a bigass breaker bar... then I added another 2' of gal pipe for leverage! These are cranked on seriously tight! To loosen I used some penetrating oil and had to stand on the end of the bar... and jump! Tightening was the reverse, although I didn't "jump" to tighten.

It might pay to get to some advice on the state of your bearings.

[Tyson Schmidt]

There shouldn't be any slop. If you torque the nut to spec and there's still slop, replace the bearing.