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I have a friend with a 1998-99 v70XC. Had some issues with the rear wheel ABS sensors, so I swapped sensors, loosened axles and cleaned up the tone rings on the axle, and all was ok. He went on a 1 hour drive, and the rear wheel bearing got weird, noisy, then ate itself leaving him with a wobbly wheel and somehow loosened up the axle nut.
These have the wheel bearing pressed into the knuckle, c-clipped in, then the hub is pressed into the bearing. Looking at it, the axle nut doesnt seem to do anything but hold the axle in the hub. So he had new wheel bearings installed, and reassembled. short few drives and it was fine, so he decided on a 100 mile drive and when arriving at the destination the passenger side rear started to growl and thunk. Axle nuts still tight, but bearing seems to have let go on the same side again.
Since its the odd year where the wheel bearing isnt the flanged variety, what could have gone wrong? bad press job? bad bearing out of the box? The bearing is pressed into the knuckle, and c-clipped in, and there doesnt seem to be any torque spec for that particular axle nut, so I used the tq spec for the fronts because they are the same arrangement.
These have the wheel bearing pressed into the knuckle, c-clipped in, then the hub is pressed into the bearing. Looking at it, the axle nut doesnt seem to do anything but hold the axle in the hub. So he had new wheel bearings installed, and reassembled. short few drives and it was fine, so he decided on a 100 mile drive and when arriving at the destination the passenger side rear started to growl and thunk. Axle nuts still tight, but bearing seems to have let go on the same side again.
Since its the odd year where the wheel bearing isnt the flanged variety, what could have gone wrong? bad press job? bad bearing out of the box? The bearing is pressed into the knuckle, and c-clipped in, and there doesnt seem to be any torque spec for that particular axle nut, so I used the tq spec for the fronts because they are the same arrangement.
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