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Re: Wheel Bearings - Failures/upgrades?
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Thu, 04 August 2005 07:42
 
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| shinybluesteel wrote on Wed, 03 August 2005 08:48 |
work out if you trust yourself or your mechanic more.
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Why Adam doesn't trust mechanics, lesson 1.
Way back in high school, driving the ute home I hear a funny 'whoom-whoom' noise from up front.
Relatively ignorant it those days, so I swung by the 'trusted' family mechanic who took it for a spin 'round the block. "She's right, mate, take her home"
So I set off on the 40km highway trip home - about 5 km out of town the front drivers side wheel starts to lock up, trying to drag me into the path of oncoming traffic, including a semi-trailer. Ouch!
Manage to pull over - wheel bearing smoking. Got a lift home, next day Dad & I replaced the stub-axle (old one had bearing race immovably welded onto it) by the roadside. The Ute's never looked back!
Mechanics Pffft!!
What was the question again? Oh yeah, funny noises, warm or wobbly or 'rough-feeling' (when turned by hand) are all symptoms, and the consequences range from benign (common) to fatal (rarer).
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Wheel Bearings - Failures/upgrades?
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DRFT - 86 | Tue, 02 August 2005 11:10 |
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Henn | Tue, 02 August 2005 13:39 |
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thechuckster | Tue, 02 August 2005 13:49 |
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oldcorollas | Tue, 02 August 2005 13:56 |
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shinybluesteel | Tue, 02 August 2005 22:48 |
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jzx83 | Tue, 02 August 2005 23:24 |
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Re: Wheel Bearings - Failures/upgrades?
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BabyZ | Thu, 04 August 2005 07:42 |
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DRFT - 86 | Wed, 03 August 2005 01:04 |
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oldcorollas | Wed, 03 August 2005 01:28 |
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DRFT - 86 | Wed, 03 August 2005 05:44 |
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loki boyracer | Wed, 03 August 2005 08:40 |
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xpimp | Wed, 03 August 2005 09:36 |
