Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site emacs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!emacs!pz From: pz@emacs.UUCP (Paul Czarnecki) Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: Re: wheel bearings Message-ID: <114@emacs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 07:38:06 EST Article-I.D.: emacs.114 Posted: Tue Nov 5 07:38:06 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 06:33:47 EST References: <2427@sunybcs.UUCP> <204@ucdavis.UUCP> <2180@amdahl.UUCP> <817@masscomp.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Uniworks Inc., Wellesley, MA Lines: 38 > Hank Cohen writes: > In article <2180@amdahl.UUCP> ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems) writes: > > > >One thing to watch out for is *front* bearings. My sister had a small > >Ford that had the front bearings go dry (grease 'evaporated'). The > >result was a noisy front bearing. ... she decided to just > >drive it home before getting the bearing fixed. After several hours > >on the freeway noise was worse and the performance was off. ... The > >wheel then fell off. A *VERY* overheated bearing had softened the spindle > >it rides on enough for it to break. It was a dull red at the time... > > > Another issue with overheated front wheel bearings is that they become > VERY difficult to replace. OK, what is the difference between a bearing an a CV joint. My 1981 Dodge Omni, (yup readers, the same one) has "worn front CV joints". On one of them (drivers side) the rubber bag that holds the grease is ripped. The grease can disappear. I was quoted at $270 ($240 labor, $30 parts) to repair this front wheel drive, traverse engine car. The mechanic said that it need not be done soon. The wheel would eventually fall off but I would get plenty of warning before that. I don't plan on keeping the car much past Sep '86. (Or maybe even sooner if the VW GTI gets the 16 valve engine in this country earlier than expected) Any prognosis? Suspension is also going soft. Given the above, should I fix it? What would an approximate cost be? "Devil in my car!" pZ -- -- Flushed from the bathroom of your heart. Paul Czarnecki Uniworks, Inc. decvax!{cca,wanginst!infinet}!emacs!pz 20 William Street emacs!pz@cca-unix.ARPA Wellesley, MA 02181 (617) 235-2600