Rear Wheel Bearings

1
Hi Syncronauts,

How much wheel wobble is acceptable on the rear wheel bearings?
Meaning that when I grab the tire and there is a bit of a play on a
15" rim, about 0.020".
I don't want another job as I have just installed the new Audi brakes.

Cheers,
Theo
2
My personal spec is ..
wheel off the ground, parking brake off ..
"up to 1/8th inch  play is acceptable"  but no more than that.

that's not measured as in thousandth's, just by feel and guestimation.
I wouldn't start a 10,000 mile journey with 1/8th inch play though.
 if it's truly .020" measured with a dial guage at the edge of the tire ..
that's like perfectly normal.

scott
www.turbovans.com

On 1/8/2013 5:16 PM, Theo Weiss wrote:
 

Hi Syncronauts,

How much wheel wobble is acceptable on the rear wheel bearings?
Meaning that when I grab the tire and there is a bit of a play on a
15" rim, about 0.020".
I don't want another job as I have just installed the new Audi brakes.

Cheers,
Theo


3
Thanks for the prompt reply. Aren't you sleeping this time of the day ;-)
Measured with a dial gauge on the edge of the steel rim.
Theo


At 01:05 PM 9/01/2013, you wrote:
 

My personal spec is ..
wheel off the ground, parking brake off ..
"up to 1/8th inch  play is acceptable"  but no more than that.

that's not measured as in thousandth's, just by feel and guestimation.
I wouldn't start a 10,000 mile journey with 1/8th inch play though.
 if it's truly .020" measured with a dial guage at the edge of the tire ..
that's like perfectly normal.

scott
www.turbovans.com

On 1/8/2013 5:16 PM, Theo Weiss wrote:
 

Hi Syncronauts,

How much wheel wobble is acceptable on the rear wheel bearings?
Meaning that when I grab the tire and there is a bit of a play on a
15" rim, about 0.020".
I don't want another job as I have just installed the new Audi brakes.

Cheers,
Theo


4
I work at night a lot.
I wrote that in late afternoon, late evening.
it's 2100 hrs in Oregon right now.
and it's cold winter.
You guys are having fires somewhere I think I heard .

20 thousands is like 'barely' to me.
the outer bearing is under a lot of stress with a short stub axle in my opinion.
They hold up amazingly well ...to 150K miles commonly. 

Eventually ....the miles are high ..
there's play and then you just do 'em .
   Getting really  OE-grade high quality german made bearings is not always a given either these days.

scott
www.turbovans.com

On 1/8/2013 6:47 PM, Theo Weiss wrote:
 

Thanks for the prompt reply. Aren't you sleeping this time of the day ;-)
Measured with a dial gauge on the edge of the steel rim.
Theo


At 01:05 PM 9/01/2013, you wrote:

 

My personal spec is ..
wheel off the ground, parking brake off ..
"up to 1/8th inch  play is acceptable"  but no more than that.

that's not measured as in thousandth's, just by feel and guestimation.
I wouldn't start a 10,000 mile journey with 1/8th inch play though.
 if it's truly .020" measured with a dial guage at the edge of the tire ..
that's like perfectly normal.

scott
www.turbovans.com

On 1/8/2013 5:16 PM, Theo Weiss wrote:
 

Hi Syncronauts,

How much wheel wobble is acceptable on the rear wheel bearings?
Meaning that when I grab the tire and there is a bit of a play on a
15" rim, about 0.020".
I don't want another job as I have just installed the new Audi brakes.

Cheers,
Theo