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- From: jimo@navaho.uucp (25656-o'keefe)
- Subject: Re: Rear-end Bearings
- Reply-To: jimo@navaho.UUCP (25656-o'keefe,james j)
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 12:31:24 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.123124.2315@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- Keywords: auto, repair
- References: <1992Aug11.221947.18634@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> <1992Aug12.102939.11540@brtph560.bnr.ca> <1992Aug14.220821.5810@i88.isc.com>
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- In article <1992Aug14.220821.5810@i88.isc.com> dye@i88.isc.com (Ken R. Dye ) writes:
- >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
-
- Ken,
-
- I haven't done the job yet. My auto supplier want $20 for both the
- outer bearing and the seal. Since I have to open the differential in
- order to remove the axle, I plan to do both axles. I'm figuring about
- $60 for the job (including bearing puller rental) barring any problems.
-
- I don't plan to replace the inner bearings. If they are bad, how do I
- get them out?
-
- --Jim
-
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