Wheel Bearing Question

[Crazy400EX]

Well, at high speeds my wheeler is very shakey and i cant controll it. I didnt know what it was untill the other day i wiggled the front tired side to side to see if anything moved in my a arms or anything...My whole tire moved side to side...It was like the lug nuts werent on or the castle nut wasnt on tight. They all were. Does this mean that my wheel bearings are gone? I dont know too much about it but im pretty sure this is it. If the are gone, do i need any special tool to get them off because i thought i heard someone say they had to press theirs into their hub. Any help would be great. Thanks.

[bwamos]

First, I'd check the tierod ball joint bolted connection at the steering stem. Those come loose a lot until you get some loc-tite on them.

If that's not the problem.. wiggle the tire some more. If the bearings are shot, the castlenut should move around inside of the hub.

Just inspect until you find out where the point of movement stops.

[Crazy400EX]

i have the steering stem out and all the tie rod ends were tight...and so are the ball joints on the a arms.....thats my only guess.

[Colby@C&DRacing]

Sounds like wheel bearing. Hopefully you didn't ruin a hub.

[Crazy400EX]

and i'd be able to tell that how? or is it pretty strait forward, you can see that its junk

[Aceman]

Originally posted by bwamos
If that's not the problem.. wiggle the tire some more. If the bearings are shot, the castlenut should move around inside of the hub.

Just inspect until you find out where the point of movement stops.

[Crazy400EX]

ahhh your right...........now, once i've taken my caliper and castle nut off..........how do i get the hub to slide off.....thats whats holding me back from putting in my new bearings.

[ACEwrench]

yes your hub SHOULD slide off your spindle...most hubs have an inner and outer bearing. once your hub is off take one of your fingers and try to spin the bearings...it will be pretty easy to tell which ones are bad. id replace both bearings though, even if just one is bad.

[Crazy400EX]

ya i cant get the hub off the spindle though......

[300ex mxracer]

take a rubber hammer to it! mine slid right off so im guessin the bearings are shot and seized to the spindle. try heat, hammer, wd-40

[skott1576]

mine seized up to just take a hammer (preferably rubber) to it n be careful not to bend the rotor

[Crazy400EX]

kk......thanks guys