Ian W Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 will a wheel bearing on the rear of a Supra necessarily make the usual associated noise when it's on it's way out? i can't think of anything else it might be. had everything else checked over completely by two seperate mechanics and the suspension, bushes and prop are all fine!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 mine too... but very intermittently... anyone have an idea of how much it costs to get them replaced...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 About £300 for the bearing kit and the labour. You can tell if a bearing is shagged by jacking up the wheel and waggling it top and bottom (handbrake off ) any movement - replace bearings time. I got mine done by Mark Kindell at Kindell Motors in Aylesbury - he's got the press to get the old bearing out and he's a good chap. -Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 They arnt Cheap. I can get that parts at around 20% discount on UK prices or around 30% discount now if you can wait a couple of weeks direct from Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Is there any play in them? They CAN make noises and exhibit no play, but more often you see some movement. If you are running "silly" size wheels, or wheels with the wrong offset this can easily cause wheel bearing wear / failure. I see it more and more as people fit funny wheels and tyres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 If you search im sure i posted up the prices, if you can't find it i will dig them out for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK Supra TT Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Hadmine done late last year, mine was really bad, they had to replace the bearing hub too! now my other side needs doing as well! I'll dig out the recept from toyoda tech, I think it was aroung the £300 mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 my car did have 18s on when i bought it and more than likely the wrong offset too. everything else has been checked over but i'm getting no noise whatsoever but there is a vibration/shimmy at the rear of the car. Chris, i think you looked at Smarty's car when you put your suspension on it and you said it was his wheel bearing/s? iirc he got them done and it's sorted now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I had mine changed, I think mine were £120 each from phoenix, not 100% on that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 check your brake discs and pads aren't over-worn before ordering a new bearing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 had brand new discs and pads all round mate not five months ago...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 edited: as it's the rear bearing I have in stock, not the front as previously stated. Is it the front or rear wheel bearing? If it's the rear one I have one in stock that I can supply, including delivery to your door for £84. If it is a front bearing you need, the price would be £49, but I would need to order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 on the ball as ever Nic! i'll let you know as soon as i've jacked her up and gave it a wiggle...... ooh, er.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben-san Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 check your brake discs and pads aren't over-worn before ordering a new bearing! Poor Carlos learnt this lesson the hard way... dude did you manage to sell that bearing then? Supra-man, I had my OS Rear bearing and 'half shaft' (someone wanna tell me what this is? ) changed just before Christmas. This cost me £360 in total, allowing 3 hours in labour charges. My symptoms consisted of an intermittent squeak-squawk... that was really bad sometimes and completely silent occassionally. This apparently, is due to the bearing shifiting back into position momentarily. And in a tight reverse-round-a-corner manouvre, it had a loud creak. Had it jacked up, handbrake off, and hey presto I had a VERY dodgy movement. Try this yourself. The repair even rectified the 'clunk' in gear change in my autobox! Chris... it's been bugging me, would you know what this is? Hope you get it sorted without too much pain dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 me too, mate. carl0s did sell that bearing btw....not to me though :-( wouldn't mind knowing what that 'half-shaft' business is all about though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weinelm Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 wouldn't mind knowing what that 'half-shaft' business is all about though.... Might be wrong but I think 'half shaft' equals 'drive shaft'. Although a whole wheel bearing and drive shaft for £360 odd quid sounds quite cheap. Nic, When I've decided about bushes I might have to add a rear wheel bearing to the list too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terawua Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Blimey... I got mine (sitting here unfitted as with most other stuff I have for the Supra!) plus a set of facelift rear lights for about 140 quid..... bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angarak Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 I've got the "wa wa wa wa" wheel-bearing-on-the-way-out noise, which I think is coming from the rear passenger side. I've jacked the rear of the car up (both rear wheels off the ground) and checked for top/bottom and side/side play...there is none. I've noticed that I cannot freely spin either rear wheel forward to see if the sound appears (though I can roll the car forward easily enough when the wheels are on the floor)...would I be correct in assuming this is due to the car having a LSD? Since there is no play and I cannot spin the wheels forward, is there anything else I can check to confirm/rule out a worn wheel bearing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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