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- From: dye@i88.isc.com (Ken R. Dye )
- Subject: Re: Rear-end Bearings
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.220821.5810@i88.isc.com>
- Keywords: auto, repair
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- Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
- References: <1992Aug11.221947.18634@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> <1992Aug12.102939.11540@brtph560.bnr.ca>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 22:08:21 GMT
- Lines: 23
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- In article <1992Aug12.102939.11540@brtph560.bnr.ca> mjsutton@bnr.ca (Michael Sutton P025) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug11.221947.18634@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>, jimo@navaho.uucp (25656-o'keefe) writes:
- >|>
- >|> Advice please...
- >|>
- >|> I have a 87 Chevy G20 Van with a bad rear-end bearing. The symptoms
- >|> are that I hear and feel a rumbling sound from the rear of the van
- >|> from 45 MPH and above. I isolated it to the passenger side rear
- >|> wheel by running the van in drive with the wheel raised. In that
-
- >I've done work on the rear wheel bearings in my 81 Datsun several times.
- >In my case the bearings are not pressed in, therefore no special tool is
- >needed. The outer bearing simply falls out after I take the
- >brake drum off of the hub. The inner bearing is kept from falling out by
- >a grease seal. I simply remove the old seal and after replacing the
- >bearing carefully drive in the new one with a wooden block and a hammer.
-
- Totally different than the GM RWD setup. They have a
- permanently sealed bearing that is pressed onto the axle. This
- unfortunatly cost $40 to replace 10 years ago; how much did this
- end up costing you, jim?
-
- --Ken
-