Can one reuse the 'constant tension' clamps? They look hellish to remove.

unfortunatly i wont be able to attend. my mums C-max is having its MOT and service and im taking the missus and kids to the shopping complex next to the Ford dealer in Castleford

Regretably I myself will not be able to attend this event.....

Beaulieu’s postcode for your satnav is SO42 7ZN or take Junction 2 of the M27 and follow
the brown and white tourist signs to Beaulieu and our visitor entrance.

Entry with your Smart car is from 9.30am – 2pm.

Please make sure you have your ticket printed, ready to be scanned on arrival.

ADMISSION -  Participant tickets for Simply Smart also include entry into all of the Beaulieu attraction....
                     They are only valid if arriving in a Smart car.
                     Others wishing to enjoy the day must buy general admission tickets.

                                                          Adult      Child
Participants – Standard & On The Day    £16.00     £8.00

Note:- Cars cannot leave and re-enter the grounds for the Simply rallies.

For further info; use this link - https://www.beaulieu.co.uk/events/simply-smart/

I should be able to make it

I should be able to make it...if nothing untoward crops up....
such as it also being my long term friend/partner's birthday 
But I think I can manage to 'get away' for a couple of hours..hopefully 
 
For anyone else attending please ensure you read posts on previous
events for the Conditions in respect of food and drink, and also for
the Postcode that you can put into your SatNav to get there.

The Ace cafe meet for smarts is on again. Anyone interested?

I think it's the one on the driver's side, didn't occur to me to check when I was bleeding the brakes, but until the end of the year I will be doing more bits so I can check. Also, it's last on my last, not even noticeable in the city, literally makes no noise.

On a hoist (lift) in a garage it will be childsplay to spin each wheel and see
if ANY of the wheel bearings are worn/need replacing.
The noise/sound and/or 'play' (give) will be noticeable.

On my Brabus I thought the sound when driving was from a rear bearing
so I changed both....however, the sound was still there after doing that !
That led me to believe it may be one of the front bearings, yet there was
no excessive noise or movement in either of the front wheels when they
were spun up on a hoist !
(In my case I finally managed to isolate the noise down to that fact that I
have an LSD fitted...and I have been advised they tend to be a bit noisy...
so I no longer worry about it as it has not got any noisier.)

Front wheel bearing change is not something many; if any; can or could undertake.
It needs to be done using a specialised wheel bearing extractor (puller and press)
as well as a haevy duty vice to hold the hub, and a very large sized long ring spanner.
I have seen it done 'in situ' on the car by Rob at S2smarts....not a nice job.

SKF make the best replacement bearing....and it is a one time fit job...get it wrong and
the cage that surrounds the bearing is easily 'messed up' rendering it unusable to retry !
GET A GARAGE TO DO THE JOB.


The 'tool' in question is (possibly 'was') sold/marketed by Lazer....part number is 5823.
Cost new (back in Aug 2018) was £615.50 !
1 such was offered on here by Al Young (the Chairperson of the Smart Club) back then
and I aquired it...but nowhere near that price thankfully.  I don't know where i've 'hidden'
it, I've used it once myself, so it's possibly at the very back corner in my lock-up garage
behind/beneath everything 454 that's crammed into the place...it's choca !
(A case of open the doors...yep it's full alright..no space..for more or to get into it ! Close the doors)

I've come to that conclusion. I'll leave this one to the garage IF it's really a bad wheel bearing, and for the prices they ask to do it, which aren't ridiculous BTW I will leave it to them.

I just need to check if it's still making the noise, since I replaced the rears calipers I haven't been over 50mph nor have I driven the car on the highway, so can't say if it was the stuck caliper or if it's the bearing.

I'll "entertain" myself doing shocks, aux belt, water pump myself.