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Old 03-26-2013, 04:54 PM   #56 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Originally Posted by slownugly View Post
Dang. Any luck figuring out the other bearing noise?
Next, I'll do the test you described. The Hub Bearing Units become the number one suspect again. The car does seem to be coasting better, though that could be confirmation bias of the conclusion I desire. But there were other bearing noises I heard from the old transmission, that seemed to be coming from the throwout and ISB, and that are now gone because of the new throwout bearing and the newer ISB in the CX transmission. So this was another moment of good preventative maintenance. The original DX transmission has more than 200,000 miles on it, and now I get to rebuild it, sell it, or use it in the future.

Back to testing the hubs in the way you describe and by observing how well the wheels freewheel when up on jack stands.

I'll report back...
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.




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