The wife was riding around on the old 2003 Club Car DS and stopped to pick me up to go show me something and as soon as she took off I heard metal scrapping. I asked how long it had been doing that and she said that it was the first she heard it. Probably my added weight I thought and got her to stop so I could see where it was coming from.
As soon as I looked at the inside rim on the passenger side, I could see a ring of paint being rubbed off by the bottom leaf spring. So I took it to the shop to see what could be causing that and decided to jack up that side to check for wheel play. Sure enough there was some slop. So I figured the axle nut needed to be tightened up a bit and I took the wheel off.
After I popped the dust cap off and took the cotter pin out I decided I would slide the hub off to check the grease. As soon as I slid it off I saw that the inside wheel bearing was bad as all the rollers were laying in the hub. The grease was hard and gummy.
Went to the resources on this site and found the bearing number 1011393 and went to NAPA and they cross referenced it with PBR2 which is a common riding lawn mower wheel bearing for $7 bucks and change. It took about an hour all told to put it back together as I had to beat the inner race off the spindle, but she's running like a new one once again!
As soon as I looked at the inside rim on the passenger side, I could see a ring of paint being rubbed off by the bottom leaf spring. So I took it to the shop to see what could be causing that and decided to jack up that side to check for wheel play. Sure enough there was some slop. So I figured the axle nut needed to be tightened up a bit and I took the wheel off.
After I popped the dust cap off and took the cotter pin out I decided I would slide the hub off to check the grease. As soon as I slid it off I saw that the inside wheel bearing was bad as all the rollers were laying in the hub. The grease was hard and gummy.
Went to the resources on this site and found the bearing number 1011393 and went to NAPA and they cross referenced it with PBR2 which is a common riding lawn mower wheel bearing for $7 bucks and change. It took about an hour all told to put it back together as I had to beat the inner race off the spindle, but she's running like a new one once again!