Hello again Guys,
I'm in need of some advice, The rear wheel bearing on the drivers side (passenger outside of the UK) has failed on me,I have ordered a new one but as there is a bank holiday tomorrow, I wont get it until Tuesday, The problem is I have a 200 mile round trip to make tomorrow, and the bearing sounds terrible, is there any temp repairs I can make, I've tried tightening up the hub nut but no difference?

 

Just for your info, I have stripped down the hub and knocked out the 2 inner races of the bearings, cleaned out all of the old grease and packed it with new grease, I have also backed off the hub nut by about 5 degrees. It has made it a lot less noisy. hopefully untill the new part arrives,
Thought there might be a old mechanic out there that new a few tricks of the trade. e.g sawdust in the oil helps reduce the noise of the tappets. etc.... never mind...
Not that ive ever done that seen it on a Tv program years ago.... honest!

 

Sawdust? I've heard that too, but have no idea if that would even work.

Hope you got thru the weekend. Repacking the bearings should have been a reasonable temporary fix.

 

Hi Jim Blake, what is great brand other than Honda to buy for bearing? Appreciate ur opinion very much!