mduark
04-05-2013, 12:46 PM
All,
A little back ground. I have my second 93 RRC that has 55K miles on it. The previous owner had large AT tires on it as well as installed ARB lockers front and rear. I replaced the AT tires with highway ones and have since noticed a distinct vibration coming from the front wheels. It is usually around 40-55 when coasting for a bit and slightly giving more gas to accelerate and generally goes away above 55-60. If I slam the gas I don't notice it. I've replaced the bearings (not the races though) and that seemed to work for a bit. I went back in a re-tightened them to no avail. Never had this problem on my other RRC, was always a straight forward maintenance task for 195k miles. So now I am at a loss, I'll have the front tires rebalanced in the morning. I looked over the old bearings and nothing seemed terribly worn or damaged (although not an expert). Should I pull the races? Or is there another wear part that I am over looking? Could this come from the locker possibly not being installed and loaded correctly? Or something else? Seems like it should be an easy fix and I'd rather not take it somewhere and have the guy roll his eyes at me but for whatever reason I am at a loss and feel that I am over looking something. When I replaced the bearings it seemed to help for a bit as well as when I re-tightened them, but I'd like to not do that every weekend.
All helpful hints are welcome.
Thank you,
Mark Douglas
93 RRC 195K
93 RRC 55k
82 Series 3 200 TDI
70 Series 2a
A little back ground. I have my second 93 RRC that has 55K miles on it. The previous owner had large AT tires on it as well as installed ARB lockers front and rear. I replaced the AT tires with highway ones and have since noticed a distinct vibration coming from the front wheels. It is usually around 40-55 when coasting for a bit and slightly giving more gas to accelerate and generally goes away above 55-60. If I slam the gas I don't notice it. I've replaced the bearings (not the races though) and that seemed to work for a bit. I went back in a re-tightened them to no avail. Never had this problem on my other RRC, was always a straight forward maintenance task for 195k miles. So now I am at a loss, I'll have the front tires rebalanced in the morning. I looked over the old bearings and nothing seemed terribly worn or damaged (although not an expert). Should I pull the races? Or is there another wear part that I am over looking? Could this come from the locker possibly not being installed and loaded correctly? Or something else? Seems like it should be an easy fix and I'd rather not take it somewhere and have the guy roll his eyes at me but for whatever reason I am at a loss and feel that I am over looking something. When I replaced the bearings it seemed to help for a bit as well as when I re-tightened them, but I'd like to not do that every weekend.
All helpful hints are welcome.
Thank you,
Mark Douglas
93 RRC 195K
93 RRC 55k
82 Series 3 200 TDI
70 Series 2a