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Old 09-21-2021, 02:39 PM   #11
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Drives: 2018 ZL1 (SOLD) 992 GT3 (current)
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Originally Posted by Msquared View Post
Usually you should be able to produce some play in the bearing with the car up on a jack and your hands on the outside of the tire. A bad bearing would have equal play in all directions. That said, if you have the tire off the ground and spin the wheel and hear metallic grinding sounds, that means a bearing is going out regardless of play. Don't confuse that with the pads on the disk, though. You can pull the caliper off and spin it again to be sure.
It won’t make the noise doing those tests and there isn’t any play, at least that’s what the mechanics told me, but I have also never heard any mechanic anywhere say as much stupid things as my dealership has said…
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