The car was running well, I was giving a friend a passenger lap, was braking for a long right hand section when the rear went very loose and moved all over the place [:o] Was a scary moment, looked in the mirror and saw clouds of smoke ! I pulled over and looked and thought the rear brake had locked on or something, but it seemed OK. A quick look and I realised the rear O/S wheel bearing had collapsed ! It was fine on the previous corners, no rumbling at all, just a sudden failure. I`m still at a loss as to why.
Anyway, drove off carefully and parked up in a carpark.
Ordered a new Stub Axle and wheel bearing from a local motor factors. I removed the bearing cover and found the bearing had fallen apart and the only thing holding the wheel onto the car was a split pin !!!!! As I was unable to move it in this state, I had to repair it in Lidl carpark
Nice,
Respect on the build mate.
I think you need a holiday.
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Wow! Good work mate, 5weeks, to do all that work is some fast work! Especilly when it must have taken you 4 of them to upload all of the pictures!! :-D
It wasnt intentional.
