GTRBlkMax97

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Has anyone had problems with these before? I jacked up my car and was looking for a poping noise I heard this morning, and when I went to put the back wheels back on I noticed that once you tighten the lugs, the wheel and rotor tilt in and out, so I took the wheel and the rotor off, and the hub assembly seemed loose, I tried to tighten it but it was tight, my girlfriends dad said it might be the bearings in there, but nissan said all they sell is the hub assembly itself, which is 96 bucks per side, both sides seem to have the same problem and I guess it started a week or two ago, I had a lot of road noise I thought it was the tires but it got worse, any help would be great

thanks in advance

oh and if any of you guys has an idea of what to do, but needs a little more info please ask me thanks

azhelipilot

Sounds like the hub/bearing retention nut wasn't tight --- or your wheel bearing just went for lack of grease. Should be able to buy bearings seperate from the hub. Bet the brake pads are worn weird by now to.

GTRBlkMax97

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are the bearings just the little ***** that are in there? I don't know, oh yea the brake pads on the inner side is worn 50% on the top and 99 % on the bottom it looks weird,, Nissan said all they sell is the whole thing, and Napa and autozone don't have anything either

azhelipilot

If the rotor is still good---which it might be, all you'll need is the bearings(outer race and inner race) + new pads + recut rotors. Would think Autozone or ?? should have bearings.

azhelipilot

Oh yea ---Those little ***** are what's left of your bearings. Al

CFster

Rear wheel bearings are not serviceable on the Maxima. You have to buy the whole hub bearing unit. Torque the retention nut to 137-188 ft. lbs.

I wouldn't just tighten up your retention nut however. If you have play (more than 0.0020 inch) than you must replace the hub. You can't just tighten it up. The bearing has already been damaged (and those retention nuts just don't loosen up by themselves).