Wheel Bearings reality check?
Discussion
Just been quoted £75 each for rear wheel bearings, plus up to 4 hours labour to remove and re fit both wheel bearings on my '86 350i.
Total cost to replace wheel bearings could be £350
The price is from a trusted specialist and I don't think I'm being ripped off - but just wanted to make sure.
Any comments appreciated!
Thanks
ps - anyone else at the Champ Car races at brands yesterday - what happened to the TVR drivers parade??
Total cost to replace wheel bearings could be £350
The price is from a trusted specialist and I don't think I'm being ripped off - but just wanted to make sure.
Any comments appreciated!
Thanks
ps - anyone else at the Champ Car races at brands yesterday - what happened to the TVR drivers parade??
Seem to remember the bearings for my 400, changed last spring were around £50 each plus Vat from RT. 4 hours for both sides seems okay. Make sure the hub assembly bolts get new nuts and that the main hub nuts are new, fully tightened and ideally pinned (definitely on anything bigger than a 350).
GB
GB
I had a rear bearing race fracture on the Tasmin: a small piece of the outer race then got mixed in with the balls and would cause some horrendous noises, especially as you went from forward to reverse, or vicky vercky. Otherwise it didn't affect the car at all. Well, apart from the noise, vibration, cracked windows, dashboard falling out, loose fillings etc... oh no I forgot: that was all in the design...
Ian
Ian
Mechanic called today to tell me my wheel bearing noise was in fact.....you guessed it a Uni Joint
I haven't yet picked up the car, so we'll see if he was right shortly.
He reckons wedges are very heavy on Uni joints, especially when cornering, because they don't have a "slip joint" in the driveshaft, unlike other cars.
He also mentioned that for the same reason changing the joint was harder than usual so I'm a tad nervy about getting the bill
Beyond me, but it seems like a lot of wedges suffer the same thing so he may be right.
Thank God there's no MOT in Australia
I haven't yet picked up the car, so we'll see if he was right shortly.
He reckons wedges are very heavy on Uni joints, especially when cornering, because they don't have a "slip joint" in the driveshaft, unlike other cars.
He also mentioned that for the same reason changing the joint was harder than usual so I'm a tad nervy about getting the bill
Beyond me, but it seems like a lot of wedges suffer the same thing so he may be right.
Thank God there's no MOT in Australia
yeah ive had the same problem every year take it for MOT, fail on UJS and Bearing, replace all, take it back and still fails, one mechanic failed it on the ujs but didnt even know how to change them when i asked him to do it, any way got in touch with TVR and then the ministry of transport, suprisingly the car passed when i took it back, as said before find a MOT mechanic that actually knows a bit about engineering practice and not just oil changes explain to him andhopefully youll be ok. good luck
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