Help, anyone have spare rear wheel bearings?

[marwood82]

hi,

this is a bit of an SOS, it looks like one of my rear wheel bearings is shot.
theres no play on the wheels, but im getting a clunking noise that is clearly connected to the rotation of the wheel, along with excessive road noise(which must be loud if i can hear it over the engine) that disappears when in turn slightly to the left.

im currently over in the uk from germany and im not convinced about driving 500 miles back without getting it repaired.

bit of a long shot but does anyone near leicestershire happen to have spares?

ive pm'd the eurotech forum parts shop as they have them listed and i imagine i could have them on tuesday, but i need to get back home asap so ideally i'd like to be able to go to kwik fit with the spares tomorrow to have them fitted.

are there known crossover parts for these?

thanks

Simon.

[DMCNI]

I'm no expert so someone else might want to confirm if the below link is correct but google through up these as cross reference rear bearings for the Delorean.....

http://www.autoandcyclebits.co.uk/BK144 ... 82/993.htm

[Rissy]

I had the same issue last year with LEX.

This is what you want for the rear.

http://www.boyibearing.com/GB12010.htm

here's some other X-ref's:

http://www.autopartoo.com/oem/snr/gb12010.html

PART 8 here: http://store.delorean.com/c-385-4-7-0-drive-axles.aspx

Any good motor factors should either have, or be able to get you one within 24hrs-48hrs.

[marwood82]

cheers for the responses.

its also been suggested that this one will also fit?

http://www.autopartoo.com/oem/quinton-h ... wb213.html

[Rissy]

marwood82 Wrote:cheers for the responses.

its also been suggested that this one will also fit?

http://www.autopartoo.com/oem/quinton-h ... wb213.html

It's a pure tight struggle to get the 42mm inside diameter to fit over the shaft. This one will be even tighter. But I'm sure someone has done it in the past.

[marwood82]

Ok thats interesing to know,

For these then,
http://www.boyibearing.com/GB12010.htm

Is byb the brand? Are there stores in the uk that sell these? I googled but only came up with the 2 links you posted, the rest seemed to be wholesalers??

Its just ive heard of quinton hazell and a lot of places seem to stock them

Simon

[stunned_monkey]

I'm not sure what the size is but 1mm change in diameter will make the difference between "fits fine" and "not a hope in hell". Thank for the pointer to the dimensions though!

I had the X-ref Alfa romeo GTV-6 but they're hen's teeth now. RichH had a BMW reference which is common as muck... Rich?

The Fiat 126 reference is a front wheel bearing.

[Rissy]

stunned_monkey Wrote:I'm not sure what the size is but 1mm change in diameter will make the difference between "fits fine" and "not a hope in hell". Thank for the pointer to the dimensions though!

I had the X-ref Alfa romeo GTV-6 but they're hen's teeth now. RichH had a BMW reference which is common as muck... Rich?

The Fiat 126 reference is a front wheel bearing.

X-ref cars:

SAAB 900 and AC4 and AM4 Hatchback from 1985
BMW E36 & E46 3-series/compact/coupe/touring Rear axle and BMW E85 Z4 Rear axle
AUDI 80 Saloon, 100 Saloon, 200 Saloon, 100 Coupe, COUPE, QUATTRO, 100 Avant, 90 Saloon, 200 Avant

[marwood82]

well, after a trip to kwik fit, the drivers side rear bearing definitely needs replacing and the passenger side is starting to go.

turns out i cant get it repaired until tomorrow, so ive ordered a set from the store on the eurotech forum.
as it turned out i could do with a new set of front brake discs, i managed to source a set of those so i figured i may as well get all 4 bearings replaced at once

[Rissy]

If the front ones are not showing any signs of wear, i'd have left them alone. Bearings can be funny things. You can have old ones which just seem to keep going, and going, and then you can get new ones which go only after a year or two. It might be that the old ones will keep going on for years to come, if left alone, whereas if you're unlucky, you'll change them out, unnecessarily for new ones, and they could give up much sooner. They could go on for even longer, obviously, but the point is, everyone i've ever discussed bearings with, have always said the same thing.....if it aint broke, don't fix it. Plus, there's a lot less weight on the front bearings compared to the rear. Up to you, of course.

[marwood82]

Rissy Wrote:If the front ones are not showing any signs of wear, i'd have left them alone. Bearings can be funny things. You can have old ones which just seem to keep going, and going, and then you can get new ones which go only after a year or two. It might be that the old ones will keep going on for years to come, if left alone, whereas if you're unlucky, you'll change them out, unnecessarily for new ones, and they could give up much sooner. They could go on for even longer, obviously, but the point is, everyone i've ever discussed bearings with, have always said the same thing.....if it aint broke, don't fix it. Plus, there's a lot less weight on the front bearings compared to the rear. Up to you, of course.

ok didnt consider that. i'll see what the garage think. they'll get a better look when they're changing the front discs.

[stunned_monkey]

Rissy Wrote:If the front ones are not showing any signs of wear, i'd have left them alone. Bearings can be funny things. You can have old ones which just seem to keep going, and going, and then you can get new ones which go only after a year or two.

+1 and then some!

I owned my old Citroen from 21,000 miles to 260,000 miles. One of the front bearings failed at about 50k. That was the only one to ever fail on that car.

Wheel bearings are definitely an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" item.

I wouldn't trust Kwik Fit with any car let alone a DeLorean... :evil:

[Rissy]

stunned_monkey Wrote:I wouldn't trust Kwik Fit with any car let alone a DeLorean... :evil:

I'm sure we didn't all like to say it, although you just know we were all thinking it! Lol!

Desperation brings difficult decisions I guess. Good luck with getting your car fixed.

Also, it's a bit funny that TÜV were so pedantic with things like coloured reflectors, yet they seemed to totally miss the fact the car had two worn rear bearings on their way out, since that's arguably a much more severe safety issue if left for too long. Makes you wonder...

[marwood82]

Yeah, it does make you wonder.
They seemed very insistent about the placement of the vin number but didnt care at all that the speedo and odometer werent working.

In the end kiwk fit cant fit parts that arent their own(but they were at least able to confirm the problem). So its going to an actual garage(very slowly) this morning.

[marwood82]

ok, i think i can safely say that the tuv is a stamp collecting exercise not a safety inspection.

the link bushes need changing, because the top one of them has come apart and started to work its way out meaning that one edge of the top link assembly has been resting on bare metal?!?.

so its a good job the wheel bearing failed otherwise its likely the first i would have know about it was when the left rear suspension collapsed!