Took the Lola out for a spin and heard a very bad sound when moving. I determined it was coming from the right front wheel. A dry, metallic clicking/squeaking grinding sound that has no place in a Lola. Took apart, inspected the bearing (P/N 513019) and could find nothing unusual; rotated with no hard spots or other bad things. (The bearing is sealed so all I could do was rotate it) Put back on car and same issue. Hmmm...
Swapped the front bearings left to right and now the noise is on the left side. OK, it's the bearing unit. Ordered a new one (from Amazon, and free shipping, there in two days!) Installed new bearing and all is well.
Then I took the old unit apart by cutting off the cap. removing the lock nut and pressing out the bearings. I expected metal shards but found nothing unusual, Plenty of grease, no flat spots etc.
Any ideas what could cause a horrible sound but yet appear to be a good bearing?
Swapped the front bearings left to right and now the noise is on the left side. OK, it's the bearing unit. Ordered a new one (from Amazon, and free shipping, there in two days!) Installed new bearing and all is well.
Then I took the old unit apart by cutting off the cap. removing the lock nut and pressing out the bearings. I expected metal shards but found nothing unusual, Plenty of grease, no flat spots etc.
Any ideas what could cause a horrible sound but yet appear to be a good bearing?