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[Edited], wheel jammed solid.. at 75mph!

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CNorman:
gtomo2 that is exactly what happened to me but without the warning squeel!

I too reversed mine and it then worked. The AA tilt and slide man said that he has witnessed this before and the cars usually roll over! :shock:

extreme90:
usualy if a bearing is letting go, the brakes go all spongey on pedal as the hub floats around it nocks the pads back,
the last bearing that went on me welded itself to the stub, i just cut it off, polished the stub up on lathe and its still on my 90 now just fine  :lol:
dan

Eeyore:
Wheel bearings do that - we lost one on the racer at the Ralli Bryn Cymru. RRB is right, the inner race welds itself to the stub axle once stationary, but it's the stuff like either the brake disc that causes the locking up or, more rarely, the outer drive shaft binding on the stub axle.

The racer didn't make a lot of sqealing before the bearing finally collapsed, but we were taking the slack up at each service! It didn't take a lot of liage for it to die. To be fair though, Wolfie was commenting on the car not feeling 'right' to drive, especially at 70 mph on gravel!  :lol:

Braver man than I, that one!

Glad you got the problem identified and glad that everyone got away unscathed.

Cheers
 8)
Eeyore

iponette:
lol well driving to brands hatch this weekend we was also doing 60mph in middle lane witha  caravan on back and passenger side wheel also locked up and thrown us into hard shoulder managed to crawl to brands he took wheel off dident see anythink so crawled it bk to sheffield yesterday took us 8 hrs grrrrrr but it did it never having a disco before we was a bit stuck so sorta nice to see sum1 else has had same problem if ya know what a mean lol i wil get him onit now thanks to reading this topic we can only try :):):) joined RAC just in case at superbikes a might get a refund now we are back get meself some new shoes lol jeanettexxxxxxx

hobbit:
Some of the problems on this is that not everybody realises that the oil in the diff, on the front axle does not lubricate the wheel bearings, unlike the rear (This includes me too, until I had a disco myself I though they were like the series, was well worth the check, as one mine was low when I did an initial service)

If you dont check and top up that housing, especially if you have a leaking swivel, to the added fun of water ingress though the swivel, all can add up to this happening, or as said about the other items in there, like cv joint and swivel bearings

These often get forgot, myself I play it safe, check regular, especially if you are off roading, and do a yearly drain on all bottom fluid at least once a year, more if I find a low level or contaminated oil

EP90 or one shot may be a bit more than a bearing, but a lot less hassle to work with

Even if this is preaching to the converted, there is always someone who will think (if not say) "I didn't know that!"

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