How To Tell If Your Wheel Bearings Are Going Bad By Sound

Faulty wheel bearings is something that shouldn't be ignored as your safety could be at risk. Here's what it means if yours ...

Can Wheel Spacers Actually Cause Bearing Failure?

There are several reasons why vehicle owners would want wheel spacers, but can they cause damage to the wheel bearings?
Hosted on MSN

What Makes the 9-inch Ford Rearend So Great?

From the archives: Legendary tech guru Marlan Davis explains why the 9-inch Ford is the strongest rearend out there—it’s all due to “hypoid distance.” To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we ...
Breaking Taps on MSN

How Engineers Replace Bearings in Micro-Robots

Quick video talking about rolling contact/compliant joints. These emulate how joints in nature work (two rolling surfaces ...
IEEE

Parameter Study of the Variable Reluctance Energy Harvester for Smart Railway Axle Box Bearing

Abstract: Self-powering capability for bearing health monitoring systems is an appealing ideal, which has attracted considerable attention but difficult to realize. This paper proposes a variable ...
IEEE

A Fault Diagnosis Method of Axle Box Bearing Based on Three-Direction Vibration Acceleration Fusion and Adaptive Bandpass Filtering

Abstract: Axle box bearing is a key component of the bogie transmission system and its health state directly affects the safety of train operation. It is necessary to establish a more scientific and ...