Squeaking while rolling
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 7:04 am
I have been noticing a squeaking the past two months or so.
We just got back from a nice thanksgiving camping trip- traveling about 500 miles.
By the time we got home it seemed to be getting a bit worse.
I haven't been able to recreate it with the wheels off the ground. It doesn't squeak all the time.
It seems to happen more after a longer drive when things have heated up a bit.
I only hear it at slow speeds, i can hear it when braking and when starting off in 1st gear.
i just replaced my rear brake shoes and that didn't result in any change.
I originally thought it could be the rear wheel bearings but now i'm also thinking about the possibility of a sticky caliper.
When replacing my rear brakes I noticed a bit of play when pulling on the hub- is this normal?
https://youtu.be/WdIlGASEPIE
Before we left I tried changing the rear wheel bearings but did not get too far - I couldn't get past the 46mm nut.
I tried all the tricks ive learned here- breaker bar with large pipe attached, the hammer tool etc.. I saw one of colin's post about using the bus power to break it free, but 8 times out of 10 the socket would slip off the nut, the other two times the bar would just drive itself down into my gravel driveway and the breaker would start to bend. I'll try a few more times before i look for a nearby shop that could break them loose for me.
We just got back from a nice thanksgiving camping trip- traveling about 500 miles.
By the time we got home it seemed to be getting a bit worse.
I haven't been able to recreate it with the wheels off the ground. It doesn't squeak all the time.
It seems to happen more after a longer drive when things have heated up a bit.
I only hear it at slow speeds, i can hear it when braking and when starting off in 1st gear.
i just replaced my rear brake shoes and that didn't result in any change.
I originally thought it could be the rear wheel bearings but now i'm also thinking about the possibility of a sticky caliper.
When replacing my rear brakes I noticed a bit of play when pulling on the hub- is this normal?
https://youtu.be/WdIlGASEPIE
Before we left I tried changing the rear wheel bearings but did not get too far - I couldn't get past the 46mm nut.
I tried all the tricks ive learned here- breaker bar with large pipe attached, the hammer tool etc.. I saw one of colin's post about using the bus power to break it free, but 8 times out of 10 the socket would slip off the nut, the other two times the bar would just drive itself down into my gravel driveway and the breaker would start to bend. I'll try a few more times before i look for a nearby shop that could break them loose for me.