Re: Shaking mirrors (1988 80)

[Jonathan Monetti <jmonetti@us.net>]

Can I join this club?  My mirror is OK, but the rest of the car is like
a massage-a-bed
too.  What do you think is the life expectancy of a failing front bearing?
This
just started one day and has gotten progressively worse over the last
week.  How about labor cost (ballpark)? 

Jonathan Monetti
86 GT Coupe

On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Tom Nas, DTP Direct bv wrote:

> >> Tom Nas asks:
> >>
> >> > The righthand door mirror om my 1988 80 is shaking when I drive. Extremely
> >> > irritating, and it renders the thing almost useless. The lefthand one is
> >> > (luckily) steady as a rock.
> >> > It doesn't *seem* loose on its mountings, so what else can it be?
> >
> >Aha!  I have the answer to this one.
> >Your right side wheel bearing is starting to go bad.
> >Look for signs of noise in the next month or so :)
> 
> Are you by any chance psychic? There *is* a noise coming from the front
> right when I corner quickly since about a week. I suspected a bearing, but
> hadn't jacked the car up to check yet...
> Very impressive! Do you do private sessions? :-)
> 
> Tom
> 1988 80 1.8S (shake, rattle 'n' roll)
> 
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