Betting the axle nut was too loose after the repack/repl on that side..Them
puppies have to be double tight and if your unsure how you did..re-torqued
after a 100 miles to be sure. Thats the only time I have ever seen new
bearings go bad too soon.
No way to diagnose for sure without removal, but when doing a left turn, the
right side is the one thats loaded and thats the side thats usually
bad...Just because it makes noise on a left turn doesn't mean its a left
brng bad.
But of course I have been fooled in the past by such things on front wheel
drive rigs..ymmv
Daryl of AA Transaxle
(425) 788-4070
aatransaxle.com
86 Syncro Westy
Zetec in the trunk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Yates" <transparu@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 6:01 PM
Subject: Rear wheel bearings

> As preventative maintenance, I recently (about 5000km ago) replaced
> all wheel bearings (front and back) on my Vanagon. I used
> German-branded parts.  I did the job carefully, packing with the
> correct grease and properly tensioning etc.
>
> The left rear has just started making a dreadful rumbling/drumming
> noise which I can only put down to a collapsed bearing - amazing
> considering I had 26 years without this ever happening.
>
> The noise/vibration is worst around 60kph.  I can feel it in the
> brakes (foot and hand). When I do a left turn/curve it is there but
> when I do a right turn it disappears.
>
> Has anyone any suggestions of how to try to work out if it is inner or
> outer bearing before I pull the confounded thing apart again?
>
> Thanks folks.
>
> Dave
>
> (Oh, replaced the hex-head CV joint bolts with start-bolts and found
> it much easier to do up the CV joints when I installed the bearings.)
>
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