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Our car wheel hubs remain a critical part of the suspension system of these mechanical beasts, the wheel hub is simply that plate that connects the drive shaft to the tire wheels or rims as the case may be.
Our car wheel hubs do not go bad that quickly, they are specifically built to stand the test of time but circumstances of bad roads and other environmental factors consistently depreciate these components, a faulty wheel hub is easily detected by the vibrating effects while in motion and also wobbling effects while moving, these are the primary ways by which a faulty wheel hub could be detected.
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THREE STEPS TO DETECT A FAULTY WHEEL HUB WITHOUT DRIVING,
One easy way to detect a faulty wheel hub is by checking for abnormal effects when driving. on the contrary, the faulty wheel hub could be seen by taking these three simple steps.
1. PARK THE AND SHIFT THE GEAR LEVER TO PARK FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND NEUTRAL FOR MANUAL TRANSMISSION.
Our car wheel hubs do not go bad that quickly, they are specifically built to stand the test of time but circumstances of bad roads and other environmental factors consistently depreciate these components, a faulty wheel hub is easily detected by the vibrating effects while in motion and also wobbling effects while moving, these are the primary ways by which a faulty wheel hub could be detected.
wheel hub
THREE STEPS TO DETECT A FAULTY WHEEL HUB WITHOUT DRIVING,
One easy way to detect a faulty wheel hub is by checking for abnormal effects when driving. on the contrary, the faulty wheel hub could be seen by taking these three simple steps.
1. PARK THE AND SHIFT THE GEAR LEVER TO PARK FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND NEUTRAL FOR MANUAL TRANSMISSION.
2. USING YOUR CAR JACK OR SOMETHING LIFT THE CAR ABOVE THE GROUND, SPECIFICALLY ONE OF THE FRONT WHEELS.
wheel hub
3. AFTER CARRYING OUT THE FIRST TWO STEPS TRY SHAKING THE FRONT WHEEL TIRE THAT HAS BEEN LIFTED ABOVE THE GROUND, IF THE TIRE REMAINS STIFF THIS SIMPLY MEANS YOUR WHEEL HUB IS IN SHAPE, IF THE TIRE IS SLIGHTLY LOOSE AND SHAKY THEN THIS IMPLIES THAT THE WHEEL HUB FOR THAT PARTICULAR WHEEL IS BAD OR LOOSE.
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IF LOOSE SIMPLY UNSCREW THE TIRES, FROM THE WHEEL THEN USING A SOCKET SPANNER (21/23) SLOWLY SCREW THE LARGE CENTER BOLT CONNECTING THE HUB TO SHAFTS, IF THE WHEEL HUB IS BAD SIMPLY REPLACE IT.
ANOTHER METHOD
ANOTHER METHOD TO THIS ENTAILS A BIT OF COMPLEXITY BUT IS STILL SIMPLE.
1. PLACE YOUR CAR ON A JACK FROM THE FRONT WHEEL DRIVER SIDE
2. START YOUR CAR WITH THE HAND BRAKES APPLIED AND ENGAGE THE GEAR ON THE DRIVE
3. REV YOUR CAR GRADUALLY AS THE FRNT WHEEL DRIVER SIDE SPINS WHILE ON SUSPENDED ON JACK
4. LISTIN THE THE SOUND WHILE YOU ACCELERATE THE CAR, A BAD WHEEL BEARING WILL MAKE MORE NOISE BUT IF YOUR BEARING IS IN GOOD SHAPE THEN THERE WILL BE NO NOISE
Hope this works out if there are any other ideas simply share them.
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