[DeTomaso] Wheel Bearings GT5-S

Bjoern Flesland bflesland at gmail.com
Sat Apr 14 12:10:55 EDT 2012


Is it same play on RH and LH side?
Is it the front or rear bearings?
Cheers Bjoern


On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 6:02 PM, CharlesMcCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all
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> How much play in the wheels in the 12- and 6- O'clock direction is
> acceptable?
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> I'm assuming that this is due to wear in the wheel bearings. The car in
> question is a factory GT5-S. Can these be adjusted/tightened, or is it new
> bearing time?
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> There is a quite small amount of play, but there is some. Is this something
> that needs to be addressed before driving to the gas station or the wheels
> will fall off? Is this something that will gradually get worse over time
> but
> could easily continue for another year or two before it becomes urgent?
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> I have a 1000km trip coming up in 3 weeks, and a 3000 km trip for Le Mans
> classic in 3 months.
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> Thanks all!
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> Charles McCall
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