I believe I have a wheel bearing wearing.
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turning left loads the right bearing...turning right loads the left bearing. best way imo is to spin the wheel and listen with a mechanics stethoscope on the back of the bearing. drive wheels are tested by putting the vehicle on a hoist or jack stands and driving the wheels at 50mph...the stethoscope will not lie.
Irish...I've seen new bearing out of the box be bad....but they were the cheapest you could buy. if this van is a keeper... buy a bearing with more than one year warranty
Irish...I've seen new bearing out of the box be bad....but they were the cheapest you could buy. if this van is a keeper... buy a bearing with more than one year warranty
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FWD have a differential too, so I don't see why the wheels wouldn't spin freely, especially in neutral gear. The only difference with FWD is that the transmission and axle are combined into one transaxle.
The reason you shouldn't tow a vehicle on it's drive wheels, is because doing so turns both wheels in the same direction, which turns the transmission output. Doing that for long periods of time can build up heat and without the engine running you can't get rid of it. If you just spin one wheel by hand, then the other wheel spins in the opposite direction, and the transmission output does not turn.
The reason you shouldn't tow a vehicle on it's drive wheels, is because doing so turns both wheels in the same direction, which turns the transmission output. Doing that for long periods of time can build up heat and without the engine running you can't get rid of it. If you just spin one wheel by hand, then the other wheel spins in the opposite direction, and the transmission output does not turn.
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FWD have a differential too, so I don't see why the wheels wouldn't spin freely, especially in neutral gear. The only difference with FWD is that the transmission and axle are combined into one transaxle.
The reason you shouldn't tow a vehicle on it's drive wheels, is because doing so turns both wheels in the same direction, which turns the transmission output. Doing that for long periods of time can build up heat and without the engine running you can't get rid of it. If you just spin one wheel by hand, then the other wheel spins in the opposite direction, and the transmission output does not turn.
The reason you shouldn't tow a vehicle on it's drive wheels, is because doing so turns both wheels in the same direction, which turns the transmission output. Doing that for long periods of time can build up heat and without the engine running you can't get rid of it. If you just spin one wheel by hand, then the other wheel spins in the opposite direction, and the transmission output does not turn.
