Well my experience is with Subarus, which the Hayne's manual specifically states "Have a professional do this repair." Perhaps it's because of the AWD that they advise that? Hayne's is pretty good at not telling you to go to the mechanic if there's any reasonable expectation you could do it yourself. Plus with a Subs there's also a control arm type jobbie (that's the technical term) that can often get bent when the bearning goes and you need to hook a stethascope up to before you know if it needs to be replaced as well.
Good luck though. I truly hope this is a smooth and easy job for you! P.S. It looks like your identity isn't so private right now since your last message came from a personal account. On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < [email protected]> wrote: > > well, after figuring out it was going to be a $500.00 job at the > dealership, I decided to do it myself. Took a vacation day since I never > use them anyway. Bought the part at O'Reilly's for $149. Bought a $10 axle > socket and an $8 1/2 extension. I've got the bearing removed now...took > about 1.5 hours since I'm so out of shape :) > > Waiting on the replacement one to get here at 1:30. So far, it's actually > been a very simple job. > > > > On May 8, 2010, at 6:09 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > > > > You know the saying, "Once a fiat owner, always a mechanic"...I always > think it will be an easy job....until I realize how far things have come > technology wise since my 1981 Fiat Spider. > > > > > > On May 8, 2010, at 5:45 PM, Medic wrote: > > > >> > >> Ya, it's something you definitely want to have done at a garage. > >> > >> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> tires look fine and they only have around 5k on them . I'm beginning > to > >>> lean more towards the bearing. The ABS warning light came on today and > said > >>> to have it checked out. Lo and behold, when I looked at the bearing > online, > >>> it's a whole assembly with an ABS sensor built into it. > >>> > >>> Doesn't look like it will be easy to replace either. Probably will end > up > >>> taking it into a repair shop. > >>> > >>> On May 8, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> I'd guess a bearing or possibly uneven tire wear on the inside of the > >>>> tire. I've had vibration issues with tires that didn't get rotated > >>>> enough, looked fine from the outside but the inside was all worn. CV > >>>> joint usually manifests as a grinding noise when turning rather than a > >>>> vibration. > >>>> > >>>> Judah > >>>> > >>>> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Sounds like a wheel bearing to me. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> My wife's 2006 uplander has developed a buzzing vibration on the > left > >>> front > >>>>>> wheel. Sounds like a small airplane engine. Happens when you're > going > >>>>>> straight or turning right. If you're turning left, the noise is > much > >>> less > >>>>>> noticeable. Is this a CV joint problem? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318020 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
