Hi, It was my garage where those wheel bearings poured out on to the floor when I removed the spindle nut, bearing washer and outer bearing race. It was the right side wheel and the outer roller bearings had disintegrated. The races were still intact. I took the car for a test drive before pulling it into the garage and it was ...mmm... a bit wobbly in a left turn. The wheel would not have fallen off at that point because the nut, washer and races were still there. If the car had continued to be driven the spindle would have eventually failed and THEN the wheel would have fallen of.
914 Wheels bearings
Date: 18 Feb 2011 10:04 pm (UTC)It was my garage where those wheel bearings poured out on to the floor when I removed the spindle nut, bearing washer and outer bearing race. It was the right side wheel and the outer roller bearings had disintegrated. The races were still intact. I took the car for a test drive before pulling it into the garage and it was ...mmm... a bit wobbly in a left turn.
The wheel would not have fallen off at that point because the nut, washer and races were still there. If the car had continued to be driven the spindle would have eventually failed and THEN the wheel would have fallen of.