Rear Hub Carriers
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Rear Hub Carriers
Thank you guys for having me. On my 97 XK8 I have a loud cyclic chirping coming from the driver's side rear wheel area. I changed the pads and the noise remained. I then thought maybe it was the rotor so I swapped the rotors from side to side. The noise remained. Then as I was making a u turn on my street at moderate speed the noise changed. I repeated that u turn a few times which points me in the direction of a bad wheel bearing. I have a couple of local sources for complete hub carriers and I can install the bearings and abs ring at my work. My question is what year rear hub carrier assemblies interchange from XJ or other models with the XK8?
#2
Check to see if a part in the parking brake has failed. I had what sounded like a dragging brake and then a loud pop. Drove with a scraping noise and thought I had a bad u joint. Shop pulled wheel and a part to the parking brake had failed, exploded. Replaced the entire half shaft with a used one as the new parts are too costly and lots of labor. The shop was a Jag only shop and had never seen the problem in 17 years. All good, $700 later.
#3
Thank you guys for having me. On my 97 XK8 I have a loud cyclic chirping coming from the driver's side rear wheel area. I changed the pads and the noise remained. I then thought maybe it was the rotor so I swapped the rotors from side to side. The noise remained. Then as I was making a u turn on my street at moderate speed the noise changed. I repeated that u turn a few times which points me in the direction of a bad wheel bearing. I have a couple of local sources for complete hub carriers and I can install the bearings and abs ring at my work. My question is what year rear hub carrier assemblies interchange from XJ or other models with the XK8?
I don't know the answer to your question about XJ fitting XK and all that stuff but I do know that you can check the Bearings by jacking the wheel off the ground and push-pull for movement from top & bottom.....If it moves a bunch you need to replace the assembly! I had a so called Mechanic do mine and then about 6 months later Jaguar replaced them the right way......That's been several years now......The Mechanic forgot to put in the little spacers....!!
Billy Clyde in Houston
#4
Thanks for the responses. I actually removed the drivers side e brake shoes and the noise remained. I went online and searched for hub carriers and the most parts lists populated certain year XJ models as the same. I will call tomorrow and verify but if that is the case I will be very happy.
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