TeGGeR® wrote:

r2000sw...@hotmail.com wrote in
news:1127949702.465807.144800@o13g2000cwo.googlegr oups.com:

> I received my new (OEM) wheel bearing today, only set me back $100.

> I am ready to go except for one little thing.

> Am I likely to have to use a "wheel puller"? I can't figure out how
> to attach the three legged puller that I have to the hub.

I don't know for sure as I've never done this myself, but a peruse of
the
factory manual appears to say you will NOT need a puller to get the hub
off
the car. It just slips off after removing the spindle nut.

You *may* have trouble undoing the spindle nut after unstaking it. An
impact wrench may be indispensable here.

By the way, it appears there's a grease seal behind there. Did you get
a
new one?
[yes]
> I can fabricate a piece of angle iron with holes drilled for two studs
> and a center hole for a pushing nut and bolt. Should I plan on going
> to this trouble, or can I expect the old hub/bearing to "pop off.

Ought to just slip off, by the looks of it.

> It is very interesting to listen to wheal bearings with an high gain
> amp and microphone.

What would be even more interesting is WAV or MP3 files of that noise.
Is
it possible to make a recording and send it to me? I'd love to have
that on
the FAQ, along with a description of what you did, and with what
equipment.

Photos of the equipment would be awesome.
[I will take photos, but they are far from impressive.

An old ceramic phone cartridge, a minibox amp, I am going to see
if the phono cartridge and mic input will work, and a real ancient
Toshiba Satellite P1(MMX)233MHz laptop.

The program is very straight forward. To get an idea what a spectral
display
looks like, see:<http://www.visualizationsoftware.com/gram.html>
This version will run for 10 days in the demo mode.]

(BTW, the guy who was supposed to send pics of his ignition switch
replacement never did.)

> At work we have a big production unit , big as in 60' wheel base, that
> one of the drivers suspected a wheel bearing was going bad. By ear you
> couildn't really hear anything.

Then how'd he know?
[I swore he couold hear it on the highway at 65MPH. None of the other
drivers could. Perhaps he has better or more discriminating hearing?]

Two more questions:
1) What's FFT?
="fast Fourier transform"

2) What's "gram?
2)What's Gram?
[Gram is a, up to versio 5, freeware audio spectrogram program
that uses FFT to break the audio down into its "Frequency"
components. The link I have to the freeware vrsion is dead.
I have the freeware version that can email you.

I hope I haven't tossed the 6 files. I should still have the good one
and the clear bad ones. It will be Sat before I get a chance to root
and dig them out.

If I can find a good link I will send it.

There are any number of good free spectragram programs, I am partial
to Gram as it will work on my POJ P1/233MHZ laptop.]

TeGGeR®