TimReno
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- Reno, NV
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- '93 XLT
FYI: a piping pete is a firework that screeches louder than anything.
Ok, so I had been hearing a slight moan from my car when turning right for about a month or two. Then yesterday I heard a few LOUD pops from the front right wheel, I knew something was wrong so I turned around and started for home. Then another POP and my brakes are gone, after pumping the brakes 5 or 6 times, they come back.
About 200 yards later after stopping at a stoplight, a horrible screech comes from my right front wheel, the screech continues until I get to about 20 then it stops.
I finally make it home, after getting tons of "what the hell is wrong with your car" looks
, and jack the front right end up. Once up I find that my wheel can shake and is not tight on the car. So then I let it down, loosen the lugs, jack it back up and take off the wheel, and see that my bearings are basically shot and the rotor is almost impossible to spin. I pryed back the brake pads and it still didn't spin well.
My guess is that my bearings have gone bad, so I'm asking you all can you give me some directions on how to replace them and what I will exactly need. I tried search and couldn't find what I needed.
Thanks alot,
Tim
Ok, so I had been hearing a slight moan from my car when turning right for about a month or two. Then yesterday I heard a few LOUD pops from the front right wheel, I knew something was wrong so I turned around and started for home. Then another POP and my brakes are gone, after pumping the brakes 5 or 6 times, they come back.
About 200 yards later after stopping at a stoplight, a horrible screech comes from my right front wheel, the screech continues until I get to about 20 then it stops.
I finally make it home, after getting tons of "what the hell is wrong with your car" looks
, and jack the front right end up. Once up I find that my wheel can shake and is not tight on the car. So then I let it down, loosen the lugs, jack it back up and take off the wheel, and see that my bearings are basically shot and the rotor is almost impossible to spin. I pryed back the brake pads and it still didn't spin well. My guess is that my bearings have gone bad, so I'm asking you all can you give me some directions on how to replace them and what I will exactly need. I tried search and couldn't find what I needed.
Thanks alot,
Tim
