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Re: Wheel Bearings - Failures/upgrades?	Tue, 02 August 2005 22:48

i have replaced one wheel worth on my sprinter, wasn't noisy but you could "rock" the wheel on the spindle. i took it to a mechanic at first, who was going to install gold ones for $200 each wheel, 100 bucks parts 100 bucks labour. i bought two bearings and an oil seal for about 20 bucks from a bearing shop (per set) i removed the old races with a hammer and standard sprinter jack shaft, then installed the new ones with a hammer and a short length of steam pipe. pretty easy, but easier to get them pressed out and new ones pressed in. packing them with grease is pretty simple too, tricky part is doing up the nut to the right torque, search my posts to find the thread i started on it, good info in there. a friend of mine had the rear wheel bearings replaced in his $WD TX3, and one of them locked up while he was going 100 km/h, causing his car to spin through oncomng traffic and end up facing the wrong way on the side of the road. work out if you trust yourself or your mechanic more. [Report message to a moderator]

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