I have a feeling my bearings are going. Should I attack this job or just pay someone to do it? Anyone know the book hours on it? Thanks
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09-14-2013, 10:57 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Should I do the wheel bearings myself or pay a shop?
I have a feeling my bearings are going. Should I attack this job or just pay someone to do it? Anyone know the book hours on it? Thanks
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09-14-2013, 11:46 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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What are you mech skills? It's not that hard of a job. Just have make sure you install the fronts the right direction & take the ABS sensor out.
I would do it myself, but I also know my skills YMMV
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Changing the wheel bearings is easy to do. Here's a link to when I changed my wheel studs. This will give you an idea of what's needed.
Installing ARP wheel studs
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are you running spacers?
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Here is the thing that pisses me off. It doesn't appear to be a wheel bearing as I can't rock the wheel. The noise is slowly turning into a bad bicycle chain sound. I still have wheel bearing as number one on my list, but could it be something like a loose exhaust heat shield???
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Yeah okay, whatever you say.
I reviewed the shop manual, it's actually easy to replace the entire hub. I just need to figure out if the noise is truly the bearing. Now the car is sounding like a bicycle chain when I turn |
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youre not lowered anything crazy right? just to make sure its not a tire or wheel rubbing.
If not, it could still be your wheel bearing even if you cant rock the wheel, if it lost its grease then it will get loud |
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Wheel bearings "should" be an easy DIY, unless of course there's any bit of corrosion. I had to remove my wheel bearings to install the Stillen Brake Cooling ducts. There's only 4 bolts to hold it on... but once removed i couldn't get that hub out with a: hammer, mallet, crowbar, PBR Blaster, jedi force. NOTHING would get that hub out of there.
*I drive the car in the winter so its prolly very corroded in there. Guy at the shop said it 'came right out'" But he had it on a lift, and had a much bigger mallet than i did to "loosen" the hub. So keep this in mind when doing / replacing a hub.
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