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Originally posted by moliver:
Hey guys I have about 3.5 hours of track time on my 16valve Scirocco and the front axle nut on the passenger side loosened up a bit....caused the wheel bearing to be a blit slopy. I tightened it back up and it took care of the looseness in the wheel bearings. Here is the question, is this the first sign of a hub failure? If not what is the warning sign of a hub failure?
I am told that really is no fool proof way to id an incipient hub failure. I had one at Kershaw over Memorial Day at relatively low speed. Before it broke, I was having brake pedal softness (almost no pedal ) then bam! No brakes, and not much drive as it effectively shears it, even with a quaife. Kershaw has good run off areas, thankfully!