Wheel Bearing Explosion

eVilcreations · Post by **eVilcreations** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 2:30 pm

Well people....my car is now fixed....but I figured I would post these pics of what happened.

On the way TO the track last Sunday....I had a catasrophic wheel bearing failure......so we loaded the car up on the trailer and brought it back to my house. When I pulled the old hub off.....what came out is what you see in the Zip Lock Bag.....Spindle was trashed as you can see, hub and spindle lock nut were toasted, bearing was obliterated, and rotor was toast.

Josh

GTS · Post by **GTS** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:11 pm

Dang, good thing you were not fluying down the track @ 100+ when it happened.

eVilcreations · Post by **eVilcreations** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:20 pm

well thanks man.......

Damn 33 views.....and finally.....GTS is the first person to post a comment...

lol

Josh

kirktalife · Post by **kirktalife** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:47 pm

damn, ya i guess it coulda been worse, its a good way to look at it

ilpadrino · Post by **ilpadrino** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:02 pm

when things like this happen, it's good to know that it's not as bad as you initially think it would be. Yeah, it might cost more than a pretty penny to do the repairs, but I'm sure you know that it coulda been a hell of a lot worse (like GTS said).

half_twisted · Post by **half_twisted** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:11 pm

hot can i tel if my hub bearing ar bad. did you ever hear a whinning sound from the wheels.

Project Draven · Post by **Project Draven** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:19 pm

That thing was toasted!! As GTS said, GOod thing you werent doing 100!
Glad you got her fixed, and are not hurt.

eVilcreations · Post by **eVilcreations** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:30 pm

Squeaking/whining while driving....

Best way to tell if they're bad is to jack up the car, and try to move the wheel in and out in a tilting motion.....if it moves......it's bad....

Josh

ilpadrino · Post by **ilpadrino** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:33 pm

EvilCreations wrote:Squeaking/whining while driving....

Best way to tell if they're bad is to jack up the car, and try to move the wheel in and out in a tilting motion.....if it moves......it's bad....

Josh

Good tip

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:40 am

damn dude

.... don't drive that beast so hard...

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:39 pm

that sux d00d...

half_twisted · Post by **half_twisted** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:16 pm

dblsg wrote:damn dude .... don't drive that beast so hard...

thats exactly what i was thinking to my self.
what a brut. be gental with her

oh and thanks for that great tip.

eVilcreations · Post by **eVilcreations** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:20 pm

LOL...you guys crack me up

This did not occur from hard driving.

The Hub was damaged when the car was wrecked(donor car), then from that point the bearings/races wore down while I drove, and eventually.....bearing failure.

This happened on the way TO the track....not at the track.

Josh

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:35 pm

need a replacement PM me

Baal · Post by **Baal** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:49 pm

pics of the toasted rotor o_o