The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Center support bearing noise after replacement. Please offer suggestions! 200

posted by  someone claiming to be adirondack on  Tue Feb 24 05:48 CST 2009 [RELATED]

Hey guys/gals-

On sunday, I replaced the center support bearing and rubber mount on my '92 wagon. The bearing had been whining off and on for a few years and I finally got sick of if. I used the SKF Bearing from FCP and (against my better judgement) the Uro Parts rubber mount which Nick sent with the bearing. The replacement went smoothly and a test drive revealed the whining noise was completely gone and the car seemed to accelerate/decelerate more smoothly.

Yesterday, I drove 150 miles round trip to southern VT in the midst of quite a snowstorm. Roads were heavily salted and thus so was my car. No bearing noise. I drove to work this morning- a short trip- again, no bearing noise. At lunch, I drove the car again for a short trip, and suddenly the whine was back. Not for long, but it whined. I have not crawled under the car to check, but it seems like something with the new bearing install went amiss, or the parts are inferior. I wasn't wild about the Uro parts rubber bearing support, but I figured it would last at least 1/10th of the mileage of a Volvo one. The SKF replacement bearing is reported to be ok, though again, I would not expect to get over 250k out of one.

Any help is appreciated.






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.