When you turn right you load the left inner and right outer bearings, so its
the left outer.

You should check the sleeve when you take it apart again.

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Dave Yates <transparu@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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