For a friend

[Max]

Like a 96 Toyota Camery

He was backing out of a parking space, moved a few inches and wheel made horrible noise.

Said there were ball bearings all over the ground under front tire.


Would this be the CV Joint (what he thinks) or wheel bearing? Or something else? I haven't done much with wheels besides brakes so I have no clue on this.

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[Dasfinc]

BALL bearings?CV joints are usually needle bearings, as are wheel bearings....

 

[02BlueGT]

BALL bearings?CV joints are usually needle bearings, as are wheel bearings....

While it is possible the Wheel bearing would have a ball bearing (I've never seen) But I've never opened up a Sealed bearing, I know serviceable bearings are needle....

And CV joints are NEITHER Needle or ball bearings, they are Joints not bearings ... 95% of CV joints have a ball in socket at the tire end and a trunnion joint at the other end (there are needle bearings in the trunnion.... but You'd have to remove move the wheel and front suspension very visibly out of whack to get the tripod thing out far enough to drop those) Some CV's run a different setup, but they are all joints

~Rant

I cant honestly say where ball bearings would come from....It may have been on the ground already and his car coincidentally failed at that spot

 

[Mike K]

Sounds like a strut mount bearing to me... Any sound when he moves the wheels side to side?

 

[Max]

Yah, I thought CV Joints were joints, hence the name....and why I thought it might be wheel bearings

Yah blue, I was kinda thinking the same thing. I have yet to actually look at the car, gonna try to do that tonight. He did say he couldn't put it in park, it stayed stuck in reverse.

 

[Ricky Gonzalez]

i do a lot of bearings at work and have seen wheel bearings with ball bearings more than needle believe it or not. but this doesnt seem right if the wheel bearing went out the wheel would be cambered in or out to such an extreme it would be very noticable. im gonna go with mike k on this one and say maybe a strut mount bearing...

 

[Theautoguy]

Many CV Joints do have steel balls in them; they are about the size marbles. If they came out, the car will probably not move far if at all and he will need a new joint.

 

[02BlueGT]

Many CV Joints do have steel balls in them; they are about the size marbles. If they came out, the car will probably not move far if at all and he will need a new joint.

That pic looks like me failing :rollpicard:..... And is it the sealed bearings that are ball bearings? I've always wondered, cause I know the serviceable ones are needle bearings, I've not had as much experience with the sealed bearings on modern cars

 

[Theautoguy]

You didn't fail, there is a 3-spoke type CV shaft that uses a needle-style bearing on each "spoke". I think its used more for RWD IRS vehicles.

 

[Max]

He went ahead and got it fixed for like $150...It was the CV Joint and bearings that were on the ground.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

You didn't fail, there is a 3-spoke type CV shaft that uses a needle-style bearing on each "spoke". I think its used more for RWD IRS vehicles.

that's typical of all (inner) plunge style cv joints, GM,ford,chrys, etc

 

[Tuner World]

Many CV Joints do have steel balls in them; they are about the size marbles. If they came out, the car will probably not move far if at all and he will need a new joint.

Yep, my Honda has that (I know from when the axle popped on me :/)

I was actually also thinking the strut mount bearings, my friend was doing struts on his car and all of them went everywhere cause it was bad.