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Weird sound from wheels. Help? 200 1984

posted by  Cliff Pope on  Mon May 16 18:21 CST 2005
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I don't think you said whether it is front or back - all the posts refer to front, which is much easier, and much more commoon than wear at the back.
There are basically two kinds of noise (assuming front).
One is simply a loose bearing. It is a kind of clonky noise, a bit like pushing a supermarket cart with waggling castors. If it otherwise sounds smooth and quiet when you spin the wheel it may just need adjusting a bit tighter.
The other is the rougher noise of the bearing actually failing or breaking up. That needs fixing with new bits as described.

The best way I find to adjust the bearing is to do it with the wheel on, and tighten the nut until you have very nearly but not quite eliminated all shake top to bottom. I don't think there is meant to be any pre-load, just a tiny degree of float so that it doesn't seize up when it gets hot.






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