So last september or so at the last ecta event , I was driving Blue 92 down the taxiway to my job that weekend at the starting line and I hear that low brake pad warning sound . Very embarrassing with all the car guy and girls there . But , it comes and goes and I really had no time or tools to fix it . And it is pretty much interstate all the way home so.....the rotors should be fine . I get home and take the rear wheels and calipers off . Pads are fine . I replace the u joints it the driveshaft . Which requires dropping the exhaust. Still have the noise check the ones in the halfshafts , they seem tight . Also checked the dront pads , they were fine .So , I determined a while back it was the rear hubs . They are alot like the front hubs on a front wheel drive or a GM truck on the front that is 4x4 equipped. These things are around $150 a piece . Not the end of the world but I really haven't had the time to get it done . Well , besides the noise that would come and go , I noticed that the rear got twitchy . And the first snowof only two little ones we had in Indy last winter , man what a surprise . The old $2750 vette was so stable and this thing was absolutely trying to kill me . I couldn't even go 45mph without that backend going back and forth trying its best to pass me . I had to actually get of and take surface streets to work . Then it got worse. Started doing it during heavy rain . I figure its because the rear tires are going toe in to toe out unpredictablely .And I think maybe the alignment too . Maybe another corvette with more experience than I can explain this better the I . But hey , it stopped raining overnight (at least for now ) so here goes nothing . Lets say jacking up the car starts at 10 am.
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FALSE START ! It turns out the I must have been looking at the hubs on the other vette . It has them going in from the front . This one has them coming in from the back . Looks like alot more work. With the wind coming out of the east it usually means whatever weather you had . Your going to grt it again ( rain ) and I already have one put of commission vette in the garage so ...... I think I'll just work on it today .Last edited by Dan Barlow; April 22, 2017, 08:47 AM.Previously HoosierL98GTA
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be happy at least its the C4 where you just replace the whole hub
and not a C3 where you need to set and shim the new bearings...
ask me how i know thats a 2 day job that takes $300 worth of
specialty tools....
oh well, it was still better than paying our local "corvette specialty"
shop $800 per side if i took down the rear control arms, and $1300
a side if i drove it in.....
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Oh my ! Hope my daughter never has to do that on hers !Last edited by Dan Barlow; April 23, 2017, 04:42 AM.Previously HoosierL98GTA
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Originally posted by fatguyzinc View Postbe happy at least its the C4 where you just replace the whole hub
and not a C3 where you need to set and shim the new bearings...
ask me how i know thats a 2 day job that takes $300 worth of
specialty tools....
oh well, it was still better than paying our local "corvette specialty"
shop $800 per side if i took down the rear control arms, and $1300
a side if i drove it in.....
Last edited by corvettedad; April 23, 2017, 03:13 PM.Pt 2010, Long Haul 2011,12,13,14,15,16,17, 18, 19, 23
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It looks like a interesting job. Good luck with it. I never worked on irs, but did a wheel bearing on an ifs 4wd truck. The steel bearing was really seized in the aluminum upright, that was a bear of a job to get loose.Last edited by Hemi Joel; April 24, 2017, 08:37 AM. Reason: Because autocorrect is retarded and messed up my post
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Should have got this done over the week end but , I have a friend that is moving to Colorado Springs and I thought it only right to put this off a little longer . Now I'm getting scared to drive it so now we're at the point of it HAS to get fixed . Thinking on taking off thursday and fri to knock it out .Going to roll the red vette out I think. We've been getting rain for days and it looks like we'll keep getting some rain most days this week so , yeah an inside job .Previously HoosierL98GTA
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So here we go again . Last time I started it was basically going to be a race to see how fast I could accomplish this job . This time since I know that unlike $2750 vette this one has the bolts coming into the hub / bearing assemblies from the back . I took today and fri off and have sat . It's going to be a complete washout outside so..... nothing to do out there and the car has gotten to dangerous to drive period with the wheels changing the degrees that they are pointed in , without any way to predict . This has become my biggest fire , everything else will have to wait . Here goes nothing .......
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Found a bad U joint by the right hub spent 3 hours tracking down 4 of those , cause if your going to do one , the others are just as old probably , might as well knock them all out . I don't want to have to be under here again . Picking this back up tomorrow .
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Well , those u joints were the wrong ones . Ran the gamut from AutoZone to Napa . Nobody lists the right ones . So after I got one out I took it to Napa and got 4 of the ones that matched . Unfortunately after getting 1 of the clips holding the joints in the shaft I forgot about the other side and drove the u joint out . Not a problem on a steel shaft but mine are aluminium . So now no ridge in one side to hold the clip . Ebay to the rescue at 48 bucks shipped but it'll probably be thursday before I get it . I have the hubs in . Just for the record the hubs can stay in when taking the half shafts out but you need to take the tie rod looose to get a little movement. Company coming over for dinner so thats all for today . I thought the company was coming over next week . Oh well .Last edited by Dan Barlow; May 7, 2017, 12:40 PM.Previously HoosierL98GTA
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Got it all back together . Had to put the bad halfshaft back in that I tore out one of the clip ridges out of. The ebay replacement probably won't be here till wed . I took it out for a trip down the road . Oh man , so much better ! Since I'm missing that retention clip, I'll be taking surface streets to work to keep speeds down to around 40mph . We aread have 4 people depending on 3 cars getting to work , not going down to 2 for 4 days . Heres a few pics .Previously HoosierL98GTA
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