» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | 02-20-2011, 09:45 AM | #1 | Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kauai, Hawaii Posts: 41 | front hub retaining nuts is one of the front hub retaining nuts reverse threaded? __________________ | | | 02-20-2011, 03:00 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oxford, Ohio Posts: 868 | no, they are both the same, with RH threads. The thing that keeps the nut backing out is the portion of the nut you stake into the tab at the end of the axel shaft. Last edited by dave45056; 02-20-2011 at 03:06 PM. | | | 02-20-2011, 07:21 PM | #3 | Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kauai, Hawaii Posts: 41 | thanks! I'm going to change out the hubs today and I had read on a "how to" that one may be. Wish me luck! __________________ | | | 02-21-2011, 05:05 AM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oxford, Ohio Posts: 868 | | | | 02-21-2011, 08:22 PM | #5 | Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kauai, Hawaii Posts: 41 | Thanks for the link! I installed new front bearings/hubs this morning. piece of cake. So much less road noise now. Front is dead quiet. I now notice some simular noise from the rear, however. Took her up to 80, stuck it in nuetral and turned off the engine to let her coast. No change in the noise. It must be rear bearings? I installed a new drive shaft and flex disk about a year. There is no cluncking of any kind back there either. Anything else it could be but bearings? Thanks for all the help! __________________ | | | 02-21-2011, 10:46 PM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oxford, Ohio Posts: 868 | It could be the differential, but rear bearings are the more likely culprit. I did mine a couple years ago and it was a pain. Jack up the back of the car and spin / shake each wheel to see for sure. A bad bearing can make for a considerable amount of play in all directions. I used the instructions here to do mine: http://www.teamdfl.com/bmw/e30/rear_...ngs/index.html | | | 02-22-2011, 06:54 PM | #7 | Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kauai, Hawaii Posts: 41 | so how would I check to see if the diff is making noise? It doesn't leak at all. __________________ | | | 02-22-2011, 08:53 PM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oxford, Ohio Posts: 868 | The way I checked to see if it was my diff was by ruling out the wheel bearings. When I checked the bearings and they turned out to be bad, I went for that fix. Then I had silence. | | | 02-22-2011, 11:02 PM | #9 | Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kauai, Hawaii Posts: 41 | Deductive reasoning! gotta love it. Thanks man. I'm gonna order the bearings. __________________ | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |
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