Fred

By the way, wheel bearing are known to be very strong on impreza.

Very rare, never heard someone with this problem, even on some group-N car driver I know, or I'm wrong ?

bobn3

Hi all,

I was wondering how can you tell if a wheel bearing is broken?, The reason I ask, is I get a crashing can sound coming from the front of the car when I press the brake!, I have post something before on this sound, the dealer looked at the brakes and say's their fine! I'm nor sure???

Please any suggestion would be apperciated,

Cheers
P/S I finally got side sills and their at the spray been color code with the car..cool!

Mike Tuckwood

If the bearing was broke it is likely that you would get a constant rumbling while driving <I>(more common for them to wear out than actually break)</I>.

Jack the front wheel off of the ground and see if there is any slack/rattle type movement at the wheel station, top to bottom is the easiest way to check for it.

Mike.

Area 52 Autosport

Fred

Driving on a track in slicks will put an enormous strain on the bearings. In these circumstances it is not unusual for bearings to fail.

Kind regards

Ben

igratton

Usually you Crash !

...seriously if you have any doubts regarding the wear of your wheel bearings you should get them checked.

My brother has had 2 wheel bearings cease on him in the past (not Subaru...not even Jap built car). Its not pretty...usually the wheel locks up...which leads to uncontrolable car...which leads to blowout. etc...you don't want this.

Ian