Siberia
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if when the car is jacked up i can shake the drivers side wheel.... does that mean that the wheelbaring is fooked?
ball joints are new top mounts are new and the track rods are new..
the car under steers badly on left hands bends... wheel spins in second gear when turing left under medium trottle and the drivers side wheel locks up under very light braking
also how is the hub held onto the hub carier?
[Edited on 12-12-2004 by Ian]
[Edited on 20-12-2004 by Siberia]
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lee mitchell
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yea it fucked.the bearing is pressed into the hub carrier then held by 2 cirlips. then the hub is pressed into the bearing
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corb
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and dont leave it too long, cos it'll fuck ya hub 
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AdamF
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up and down play is usually wheel bearings, and side to side play is track rod ends or the steering rack its self
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AdamF
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front wheel bearings arent really diy jobs unless you have a hydrualic press, i doubt youll ever get the bearing out the hub without one
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Siberia
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next question are corsa 1.2 8v front barings the same as corsa gsi ones?
the reason i ask this is because i have a 1.2 8v but have a c16xe under the hood... i never changed the barings when i was doing the conversion
theres no point in me buy 1.2 8v ones if there gonna be fecked afetr a month of to with the bigger engine...
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lee mitchell
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yea there the same
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Siberia
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cool... i'll get some new ones tommorrow and get it sorted..
cheers for the help
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Visionz
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Are the bearings hard to change?
J/C, cause ive got a 2 ton press, was just wondering how hard they are to do!
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James R
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Simple, line up and press. you can get the hub out easy enough with a big hammer, just getting them in needs a press.
I'd suggest tightening the castle nut and see how loose this is first, the bearing may last a little longer if it has come loose, but it could just be wear and tare.
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Adam-D
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i did the back one without a press
i havent tried a front one
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lee mitchell
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thats because u dont need a press for the back ones 
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Adam-D
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quote:
Originally posted by lee mitchell
thats because u dont need a press for the back ones
yup you dont 
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Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by j1400
Simple, line up and press. you can get the hub out easy enough with a big hammer, just getting them in needs a press.
I'd suggest tightening the castle nut and see how loose this is first, the bearing may last a little longer if it has come loose, but it could just be wear and tare.
u may have a point here... this problem only started after i left the car in a back street garage to have a clutch done( i should have just done it myself)
maybe the took the drive shafts out completely...
hmmmm... ive been trying to trace back everything they would have loosened to get the gearbox out to change the clutch... i personally wouldn't have taken the shafts out of the hubs but maybe they did and didnt tighten them back up.....
i will check this out later before order wheel bareings......
[Edited on 13-12-2004 by Siberia]
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Siberia
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just to conclude on this incase anyone has the same problem...
i sent my hub cariers down to the machine shop and got new barings pressed in...
car handles likes its rails again and steering is nice and heavy.....
thank feck for that!
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john h
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nice one
Good to hear theres another fast irish corsa back on the road
I got mine goin again last night after the spark plug incident, got a mile up the road and the heater core started to leak... more work to do tonight
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Siberia
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jesus john yer having worse luck than me....
oh.... erm.... are you around on thursday evening... 7-8ish?
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john h
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did i tell you that TNT lost my kent cams? im havin a very bad run of thing lol.
il do my best to be around, if im not, il leave out the top tb cover.
prob be in mitchelstown tho.
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Siberia
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yeh paul(corsa12v) was telling me about the cams... jesus!!
i'll ring ya when i'm near mitchellstown... if yer there yer there if yer not sure i'll pick it up over christmass.....
good excuse for a road trip
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john h
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not a bother lad, see you then
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