I made a boo-boo

[iwhocorrupts]

I tried putting my friends G35 stock 18's on my car, and the back left when i tested it made a god awful scraping sound and it looks like part of the hub started to grind down. So I put my stock 16s back on and its still making the grinding sound when I drive, IM not quite sure what to do, help :/


-thanks

[jnolte]

lol, so you bolted them down?

[iwhocorrupts]

what?

[hvmercy]

your car is now F%^%ked up.

[Pagz]

yip...you just mashed your rear wheel bearings....set aside a spare 500!

[Pagz]

just noticed it was only the left rear...so about 250 including labour,or not so much if you do it yourself...but you will need a bench press

[hvmercy]

If I remember it correctly a G35's bolt pattern
is 5x114.

How in the world were you able to put that in your w202! :rolleyes:

not only did you mash your bearings but you may
have messed up your bolts.

[iwhocorrupts]

shit.

actually, the bolts are fine the rim went on pretty easy

is this (http://69.0.158.19/live/K802050197SKF.JPG) what i screwed up?

[jnolte]

114mm bolt are too fat! it dident mess up your holes?

[iwhocorrupts]

I used the original bolts, so nothing of that nature got messed up, just the bearing im thinking

[rollinrealbig]

ouch man!

yea thats exactly what youve messed up. if you were near by like say Sacramento my dad owns a repair shop - mostly german cars, funny thing is - he just replaced two of those wheel bearings today!

Yea he has a press where he pops them out and puts new ones in. also - parts are not a problem they can be ordered (OEM) for cheaper then usual but I cant say much.

[iwhocorrupts]

Yea, good thing im in auto shop at school, I can just do it there for free woo!

[iwhocorrupts]

Well this is a definate setback for me financially.. I was saving for the H&R cup kit and ASA 18s

[rollinrealbig]

if you have all the tools and help in auto-shop, then your pockets wont go on that big of a diet!

[Pagz]

Originally posted by iwhocorrupts
shit.

actually, the bolts are fine the rim went on pretty easy

is this (http://69.0.158.19/live/K802050197SKF.JPG) what i screwed up?

yip those are the ones!,
when i did mine i had the suspension fully apart so having the outer shell removed and the new one pressed was easy...

Can anybody tell me if MB usually does this without removing the rear suspension?

[iwhocorrupts]

So how bad is it to drive with a shot bearing in back.. will it start to screw up other things?

[rollinrealbig]

wont sound too good. your wheel will wabble im guessing, hope it doesnt all fall apart.

[iwhocorrupts]

well doesnt wabble right now, car drives straight, seems to function fine except for that damn noise. my reasoning for that question was that Im getting H&R and eibach and I wanna wait until I install that so I dont have to take out the suspension

[benzaddict]

I doubt you damaged the rear wheel bearing, that would be pretty tough. More likely is that when you bolted up the new wheels the lug holes were more shallow and the bolts went into the hub farther and dug into the parking brake assembly and springs. It happens all the time, I see it at least once a week. Just pull off your rear rotor and look at the springs holding the parking brake assembly together, you'll most likely need to get a new parking brake shoe kit, it comes with all new springs.

As far as rear wheel bearing replacement: there is no need to remove the rear suspension, only remove the axle shaft and press in/out the new bearing and hub flange with MB special press tool. Or just use a generic press tool for that matter.

[Pagz]

Originally posted by benzaddict
I doubt you damaged the rear wheel bearing, that would be pretty tough. More likely is that when you bolted up the new wheels the lug holes were more shallow and the bolts went into the hub farther and dug into the parking brake assembly and springs. It happens all the time, I see it at least once a week. Just pull off your rear rotor and look at the springs holding the parking brake assembly together, you'll most likely need to get a new parking brake shoe kit, it comes with all new springs.

As far as rear wheel bearing replacement: there is no need to remove the rear suspension, only remove the axle shaft and press in/out the new bearing and hub flange with MB special press tool. Or just use a generic press tool for that matter.

oh damn your so right!,the bearing is just inside the radius of the stud pattern.....My apologies to all!
it will be the rear park brake for sure....

thanks for that,thought there was no need to remove the suspension,though i was doing roll bars,spring,shocks all at once that time!...

[davis449]

Originally posted by iwhocorrupts
So how bad is it to drive with a shot bearing in back.. will it start to screw up other things?

Well, if it is in fact the bearing you fucked up, you better hope it doesn't seize cause it will seriously screw some stuff up. I can send you the write up from the MB dealer in Novi, MI that did the work on my car when the bearing on the right side seized. It was ugly.

[martattack]

I agree with benzaddict and 23k. It would pretty much be impossible to mess up the wheel bearing by bolting on a wheel.

You probably messed up your e-brake hardware as seen in this picture:
http://pictures.mkosonen.com/d/1144-2/DSC06906.JPG

[c55m8o]

Originally posted by BoominBenz
I agree with benzaddict and 23k. It would pretty much be impossible to mess up the wheel bearing by bolting on a wheel.
You probably messed up your e-brake hardware as seen in this picture: my thoughts too. extent of damage would be determined by how much longer the bolt used that went through the hub was then what the stock ones were. I did that too in changing to the kinesis rims where the bolts were about 1/4" longer through the rim then when on the prevous rims. slight grind backing up; I was ready for that possibility happening though. Immediately rolled back in the garage and cut the bolts. No visible damage in my case, but if the bolt was a lot longer I could see how there could have been. But weren't these rims with a different bolt pattern forced onto the rears?

[rollinrealbig]

Hmm ... ill have to agree with the other guys saying it may be your e-brake hardware got screwed ... usually wheel bearings go out quick if you have a huge dent in your rim and other reasons.

im guessing the E-brake shoe kit is less expensive then the wheel bearing itself, but the only real way to know exactly whats wrong is to remove your rim, knock off that rotor (I believe theres a small allen holding it) and check inside! then while your down there - Id clean out that brake dust everywhere!

[iwhocorrupts]

How could bolting on a rim screw up the e-brake hardware? All I know is that its making some sounds that arent pretty, sounds like squeeling

[iwhocorrupts]

I think the bolts did go too far in, they seemed very very deep

[rollinrealbig]

can be your brake shoe or spring fallen off and stuck in between your brake shoe and drum. only real way to find out is to open it up. :)

[iwhocorrupts]

When I brake it squeels worse than when im just riding

[rollinrealbig]

yea check your shoes. (brake shoes)
and if you repalce the shoe kit, id replace the ones on the other side as well.