How to tell if your wheel bearings are bad.
I took all 6 hubs off of my RV and it looks like the bearings have spun on the spindle. I have very slight galling On spindles and brown heat marks on bearing were it touches the spindle. On the oute...
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navy80to04 wrote:
..... Mic spindles And they are right on the mark for the bearings. took the old bearings to a mechanic that I know he said the bearing did spin on the spindle ANd suggested pinging with a punch the bearing to the spindle. The trailer shop suggested the punch also, they said They do that......
The typical surface hardness for bearing components made from this material ranges from 60- 64 on the Rockwell hardness C scale (Rc).
That is really "Hard." I am certainly no master mechanic but I would like to watch them "ping" bearing steel. It is going to require hardened tools. Bearing steel would laugh at ordinary punches.
