antno Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 (edited) Hello. I have a 96 tt6 and I fitted 2 new rear wheel bearings to try and remove the play I had but even with new bearings it's still there. It's definitely not the top arms or any other bushes. Has anyone had the housing wear(upright) or the hub with the wheel studs on. Or a problem with the axel flange on the end of the drive shaft being to long and not clamping up on the bearing? Is there any chance of me having the wrong drive shaft for my hub. My car has the big diff big/big shaft combination. The bearings I took out when I changed them looked in very good condition and hadn't spun or anything. Any help would be much appreciated. Cheers Anthony. Edited June 29, 2015 by antno typo (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignum Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Running with a loose bearing can cause fretting of the actual hub/spline so wear may be the problem. have you tried tightening the main nut abit more? like a 6ft pole on a 3/4 socket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 That could do the trick but don't overcook it because it's a one way only job, take them up a bit at a time, keep checking the float and stop tightening when it is almost gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignum Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 As David said,i forgot to mention that bit:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antno Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 All I did is torque it up to book figure and potentially tighter to line the next hole up for the split pin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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