Rear Wheel Bearings

[Chook]

Just putting a call out there to see if everyone has a little movement on the rear wheels.

I rotated my tyres yesterday and when I put on the rears I noticed a small amount of movement on both. (side to side & top to bottom less than 1/16")

I immediately thought the rear wheel bearings may need replacing but when I looked at the replacement bearings I am now wondering.

Would be good to know if this movement is normal in our H3 ??

Cheers,
Chook

 

[4speedfunk]

Nah...that's normal. The H3 uses a C-clips inside the diff to retain the axles, and some side-to-side movement is normal. Slight up & down movement is probably okay but, the first sign of worn bearings would be oil leaking out the axle seals (between the rotor and the backing plate). Those are roller bearings, and they should last a very long time (like 50 years).

 

[Gunner_45]

I noticed the same thing when I was putting my Swampers back on the truck a few weeks ago.

Scared me a bit till I talked to others who said a small amount of play was normal.