My Corolla (49K miles no ABS) was giving screeching noise when making hard right turns and so the left wheel bearing had to be changed. I did this with a friend .. we had to take out the whole axle assembly. The bearing was going bad, we could feel a grinding when trying to spin it while pressing outside.
Okay so we removed the snap ring, removed the bearing (I purchased a shop press for this), pressed the new bearing back. The bearing seals were okay and so we reused them. Test drove and everything seemed fine. But now I heard a slight rumbling sound run driving a low speed (25-30 mi/hr) and sometimes again hear the screeching noise while making a slow turn.
What could have gone wrong ? I tried looking in Haynes manual about bearing changing procedure but none was listed.
Did we over-tighten the axle nut? The bearing was pre greased and so we did not grease it? There is no play in wheel (I tried to shake the wheel with the car on stands). Any suggestions would be appreciated ...
Thank you