[Vwdiesel] update on grinding in Front end of Jetta.

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Well, when my son pressed out the old bearings, he discovered that the actual grinding was being made as the spindle on the drivers side was actually spinning in the bearing rather than turning with the bearing!!!! Ouch!  The spindle was in really bad shape so it  had to be replaced.  I got back this afternoon from west Texas and put them back on the Jetta.  A quick drive to do the grocery shopping confirmed that all bad sounds from the front end are now gone.   That is a big relief since I need to take the car down to Austin for a meeting early next month.  Now the car has a full set of new bearings front and back.
Speaking of trips, I wanted to give everyone some new data on the Jeep Grand Cherokee Ecodiesel.  Mpg has been staying in the 27-28 mpg range for most of the time but today, I managed 31.3 mpg calculated.  That was very close to the car’s computer estimate of 31.6.  It looks as if the computer is “learning” the car’s abilities as the last two tanks have had a close agreement between the calculated and the car’s estimate.  Hayden

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