Wheel bearings
03 October 2002, 10:00 AM
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if your used to working on cars then no problem , if your not then they can be fun. get yourself a manual / instructions / help and yyou should be ok.
biggest problem with bearings is getting them out / in of hub assy. if your not used to being brutal / don't have a press then you could struggle.
same advice as for any job on any car
if you'r not confident then don't !!
biggest problem with bearings is getting them out / in of hub assy. if your not used to being brutal / don't have a press then you could struggle.
same advice as for any job on any car
if you'r not confident then don't !!
05 October 2002, 05:54 PM
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The front offside wheel bearing has started to get noisy on my MY97WRX, my local spares dealer (a general spares dealer) has said that the bearings come in a replacment hub assembly, he quoted £65 + vat. Does any body know if the bearing/hub assembly sounds right as I was expecting just the bearing and a lot of hammering to get the old one out of the existing hub.
05 October 2002, 06:55 PM
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its much easyer to remove /replace bearings in hubs if you hve accses to a hydralic press , do you have any mates that work in factorys of know any one that works in a garage , may bee they could help you out , ive taken loads of parts in to work to repair for people
05 October 2002, 08:20 PM
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I swapped a front one recently on my car - and without a proper set of tools it'll be almost impossible - especially a press.
It's still one of those "pain in the ole' ar$e" jobs.
/J
It's still one of those "pain in the ole' ar$e" jobs.
/J
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08 October 2002, 01:41 PM
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Nearside rear just gone and quoted £300 to replace. Sounds excessive to me but don't know any better. After only 40k too, surely that cant be right!!! Any comments/experience gratefully received. Does anyone reckon Subaru UK would help towards cost. Car unfortunately out of warranty.
£300 sounds steep
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