[s-cars] Front Wheel bearing cost

[serge]

I called Blau to see if they offered bearing/tool kit, the guy said they
looked into it and decided against it. He volunteered to me that Harbor
Freight tools had a puller/installer tool for the front wheel bearings that
came with a wide range of adapters.

I searched and found for $77.99
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=45210

That is as far as I got, if anyone has direct experience with this tool set
please chime in.


Serge Filanovsky

95 S6 Avant



> I located a guy who sells a specific tool to pull out this 82 mm bearing
> on the car, but I have not yet ordered one.  They make the tool and say
> it is very high quality.  The cost is: $240 including shipping.  The
> company is Sir Tool and the contact is Oliver at 800-845-4542.  Let us
> know if you buy one and how it works.  I recently had it done here in
> Denver, paid $350 to do the job and it took about 2 hours start to
> finish.  I would probably buy the tool next time, since they charged me
> $100 for the bearing that costs $51 and $250 labor.  I am assuming that
> the other bearings will go sometime soon and it would be nice to have
> the puller.
> 
> Jerry Scott
> 
> chris chambers wrote:
> 
>> Adirondack aka http://www.germanautoparts.com/
>> has them...they show the same prices for front and rear oem bearings.
>> 
>> $52.60 for just the bearing and $59.85 for the kit.
>> 
>> HTH
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> --- Elijahallen92 at aol.com wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> In a message dated 3/15/2004 4:39:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>>> wmahoney at disk.com writes:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Riff wondered~
>>>> "the wheel bearings are going,though I did not notice any undue
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> grinding
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> sounds.  So heck, go ahead and replace them I say only to hear that
>>>> these thins are $250 for the pair!!!  Is this the prevailing part
>>>> cost???"
>>>> 
>>>> Riffster,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> http://www.impexfap.com/partlist.cfm?getpart=7586&subcategory=2984#part7
>> 
>> 
>>>> 586
>>>> So the parts are about $112.
>>>> Labor $$?  I couldn't say, but make em give you the old ones back.
>>>> HTH
>>>> Bill m
>>>> Ps  I think you'll like the Bilstein Eibachs
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> Bill,
>>> I am looking at doing all my wheel bearings as well. On the site you
>>> listed 
>>> I only see front whell bearings. Are they the same as the rear? If
>>> not where 
>>> do I find rear ones? Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Elijah
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