[s-cars] RE: Wheel bearing

[Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK)]

Gabriel squealed:

<<<Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 16:33:45 -0700
From: "Gabriel Caldwell" <gabriel at ts.bc.ca>
Subject: [s-cars] Wheel bearing

Looks like my front right wheel bearing bit it.  Any BDTS on replacement?  I
plan to take the strut out go to a machine shop and have a new one pressed.
It's squeeling pretty bad, do you think I could drive on it at least to pick
up a new wheel bearing?>>>





Ah yes, BTDT hours before I was to drive it to NH for vacay in Aug. (and hit
the drags 8-)!).  

On way back from client, squealed loudly with no warning (odd), drove 20
miles <60 to parts store, $90 FAG bearing (great name), drove 25 miles <45
to friend's shop (thank you S-list / Rossato / D'Amato APB Batphone).
Yanked caliper, strut, pressed in, reinstalled (in Corp. Casual of course).

Took 2 hours on the nose.  Not a bad job, if you have a press and a 2nd body
to speed things along (and get dirtier than me).

Good luck, HTH.

-Paul blew bearing on way to vacay only to blow POS during vacay, it never
ends K.