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Change Wheel front wheel bearing but still have play....

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tonga146

Member Since: 23 Apr 2015
Location: Oxfordshire/Wiltshire
Posts: 147

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Tonga Green

Change Wheel front wheel bearing but still have play....

Hello Chaps, i have just changed the front passenger side will bearing as it had play and was rumbling! It still has play.....I've had a good look and where the drive shaft/cv enter the back of the hub there is play there on the cogged part! do these wear down? my D3 has covered 142K any help is appreciated before i start buying parts left right and centre haha.

27th Feb 2017 9:36 pm

eightfoot

Member Since: 12 Apr 2015
Location: sunny essex
Posts: 762

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 S Auto Bonatti Grey

had this on mine I had to strip it all down again and found out the thread on the driveshaft was damaged from when the previous owner had a new bearing fitted and they did not unpeen the locknut

had to clean the thread with a junior hacksaw and make sure the nut travelled far enough up the shaft to preload the bearings been fine since,i originally thought it was due to a cheap bearing so fitted a Timken to find like you it still had play,thats when I realised the nut was not pulling up on the bearing enough
tools out again I'm afraid

please excuse any grammer/punctuation mistakes,i'm thick,thankyou
current vehicles 2005 d3 2013 d4

27th Feb 2017 9:58 pm

tonga146

Member Since: 23 Apr 2015
Location: Oxfordshire/Wiltshire
Posts: 147

Cheers Eightfoot! I'm a pro at striping these hubs down! Also looks like I need to do a lower arm change too

if you don't laugh you'll cry

27th Feb 2017 11:09 pm

tonga146

Member Since: 23 Apr 2015
Location: Oxfordshire/Wiltshire
Posts: 147

Just to keep this up to date! I took the hub off again this morning and cleaned all the threads up then rebuilt the hub! once again i have play there! so took the hub off and put it into a good vice gave it a good jiggle to find the new hub has play in it! so my lesson is never buy a cheap hub....i've now ordered a Timkin one from AF hopefully that solves my problem!

28th Feb 2017 3:36 pm

lynalldiscovery

Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274

2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 Metropolis LE Auto Bonatti Grey

Thats seriously bad to have play from new!
Po fitted cheapo to mine and its lasted all of 14k, timken still good so far

28th Feb 2017 6:45 pm

tonga146

Member Since: 23 Apr 2015
Location: Oxfordshire/Wiltshire
Posts: 147

I've checked everything and can't see any reason why there should be play there! Once the hub was in the vice you could feel the movement with very little force! Plus the the new hub was differently shaped on the rear compared to the old!

28th Feb 2017 7:36 pm

G_Cam

Member Since: 12 Aug 2010
Location: Fife
Posts: 2048

2013 Discovery 3 3.0 TDV6 Commercial XS Auto Fuji White

I have had EXACTLY the same issue... I have assumed the issue was the hub nut stripping the drive shaft of its thread...

I wonder if its a bad batch? I'm not sure of the make of mine (I will still have the plastic bag in the garage bin.. ) FYI it was Not a Timken one!!

The Hub is still on the Disco.. I will take it off tomorrow and stick it in the vice to see if it is indeed the same issue....... 1 TR6 Rusting away quietly
1 FARR UTV SOLD
1 International Harvester SOLD
7 x D3 all SOLD
2 x D4 both SOLD
1 x Mrs D4 'Panther' SOLD
1 x Outlander van SOLD
1 continual stream of car parts and me living in the garage...

28th Feb 2017 11:20 pm

eightfoot

Member Since: 12 Apr 2015
Location: sunny essex
Posts: 762

tonga146 wrote:
I've checked everything and can't see any reason why there should be play there! Once the hub was in the vice you could feel the movement with very little force! Plus the the new hub was differently shaped on the rear compared to the old!

I think there is a crush washer on the back of the bearing hub this is why the nut has to pull up to the correct torque on the driveshaft so that the bearing is preloaded correctly thus taking the play from the hub (could be wrong tho) it should be obvious that the washer has been crushed up correctly please excuse any grammer/punctuation mistakes,i'm thick,thankyou
current vehicles 2005 d3 2013 d4

1st Mar 2017 8:58 pm

tonga146

Member Since: 23 Apr 2015
Location: Oxfordshire/Wiltshire
Posts: 147

New timkin one fitted today! Perfect! Don't ever buy these cheap guns not worth it!

2nd Mar 2017 9:53 pm

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