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1. chester-lad Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 531 saxo vtr

   #1 5th February 2010, 18:23

   Hi all sad day today my saxo failed m.o.t
   
   shock absorber brush worn best thing for me to do car is lowered not sure how much tho ?
   
   rear bearing has play in it can i do anything other than change it maybe?
   
   rear disks i can do that lol
2. grumpypants Regular Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan Posts: 429 Vauxhall Corsa 1.0

   #2 7th February 2010, 18:34

   Sometimes the play in the rear wheel bearing can be eliminated by loosening the hub nut and then re-torqueing it back to the specified torque 103lbf ft (140Nm). This is also the cheapest option.
3. Lozza_vtr Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Sunny Essex!! Posts: 2342 VW Golf Mk4 1.8T

   #3 7th February 2010, 18:37

   Lets hope it is your wheel bearing and not your axle bearings.
4. chester-lad Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 531 saxo vtr

   #4 7th February 2010, 18:51

   wheel bearing is worn had to get hub off how did i do it with out proper tools?
   
   got brake disk off put it behind the hub got wheel bolt tightened it up to disk, hub starts to come off loose off the wheel nut put another brake disk together with other one do wheel nut up again bam hub off no damage .
   
   shame the bloke didn't give me rite bearing . may need to get whole new hub .
5. pepper953 Established Member Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1280

   #5 7th February 2010, 20:37

   have a pair of hubs(NEW) if your interested
   a lot cheaper than citroen/parts companies
   have abs rings but will fit
6. user_10418 Saxperience Addict Joined: Jun 2006 Wirral Posts: 13584 Wickerd red VTS MK2, Two tone VTS MK2,vvc Metro..

   #6 7th February 2010, 20:38

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by chester-lad wheel bearing is worn had to get hub off how did i do it with out proper tools? got brake disk off put it behind the hub got wheel bolt tightened it up to disk, hub starts to come off loose off the wheel nut put another brake disk together with other one do wheel nut up again bam hub off no damage . shame the bloke didn't give me rite bearing . may need to get whole new hub .

   pics would help.......
7. chester-lad Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 531 saxo vtr

   #7 7th February 2010, 22:08

   i will get some pics up tomorrow ... hoping to get car done for tomorrow night to get it to m.o.t
8. user_10418 Saxperience Addict Joined: Jun 2006 Wirral Posts: 13584 Wickerd red VTS MK2, Two tone VTS MK2,vvc Metro..

   #8 7th February 2010, 22:18

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by chester-lad i will get some pics up tomorrow ... hoping to get car done for tomorrow night to get it to m.o.t

   good luck with MOT.........
9. chester-lad Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 531 saxo vtr

   #9 8th February 2010, 19:10

   all done passed m.o.t now!!
   
   rang place up i got the bearing from they told me its the right one for my car i said its a roller bearing and mine has ball bearings in a cage type like a bike headstock don't know what proper name is anyway he said you broke the old one getting it out , also you doing something wrong . I'm like no any way 2 people told me same that i was wrong . so took to my garage he said its wrong . any way couldn't get bearing on its own had to get whole hub with bearings in