Re: Wheel bearing noise??

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made David Bokaie say:
> 
> 
> Mine is getting pretty bad.  I can hear the noise going straight especially 
> with the radio turned off.
> 
> Did you do the job yourself and is it worth doing it yourself.  If you had a 
> shop do it, can ask how much did it cost...

I just had both front wheel bearings replaced on my '89 100Q
by my local shop. I don't have the invoice handy, but my rough
notes say: $170 each for parts, and about $75 for labor for both.

BTW, this not only dropped 20 dB out of my car's cabin, but it
made the car handle an order of magnitude better. I thought some
of my A-arms or bushings were shot (102K miles); the car was very
sloppy-handling. New bearings fixed it right up.

-- 

Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)			duane@zk3.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corporation		(603)-881-1294
110 Spit Brook Road			http://www.zk3.dec.com/~duane
M/S ZKO3-3/U14
Nashua, NH    03062-2698

Only my cat shares my opinions, and she has grease in her head.