Anyone here ever use the repair axle bearings? I'm about to replace an axle bearing for a a coworker this weekend, and I hate for her to have to buy a whole new axle if it's worn too bad. Car has the ARS/TCS crap so the axles are a little harder to find than the standards and more expensive to boot.
I found a thread on LS1tech.com saying the ones from Timken where trash, but the ones from Carquest were good, but I can't find any updates about how they were holding up after extended use.
So what say the GRM masses? Use a repair bearing and cross my fingers, or get a new axle and standard bearings and again cross my fingers. Car only has 45k miles on it.
I have used them before, they are an okay solution, but replacing the axle would be a better choice, especially if the axle has a good amount of wear into it. I have had one leak on me before and ended up replacing the axle and bearing. I look at them as a temporary solution.
Kinda odd it needs axle bearings at only 45K, is it a pickup?
I don't like the repair bearings- they seldom seal as well as the stock ones, and the stock ones don't seal worth E36 M3.
Any particular reason you are changing the bearing? They don't need to be replaced if the seal is leaking, they don't control end thrust...I only change bearings if the axle is shot.
they are a short term solution to a long term problem... what kind of a car are we talking about here? which 10 bolt?
2002 Z28 vert. Not driven hard. So the deal is she took the Z and traded it in for a C6 GrandSport Vette, the Vette tried to kill her when all the electronic nannies stopped working in a rain storm, she about put it in a ditch. She took the Vette back, got her old Camaro back, they said it needed a right rear axle bearing, quoted her somewhere in the $600 range.
I haven't had a chance to drive it to confirm if it needs the bearing or if it's something else. Seams very early for bearing failure on something not hammered on. I'm going to drive it after work today to verify. But if it needs bearings I was going to take care of it this weekend for her, for a fraction of the cost, if it doesn't need the axle.
the brake rotor rubbing on the caliper bracket would sound similar to a bad bearing.. or maybe it's something in the parking brake mechanism rubbing and grinding- they use a little tiny drum brake in the middle of the rotor and there are a couple of parts that could come loose.
ncjay
Dork
8/14/14 3:50 p.m.
$600 for a $10 bearing? Crooked buncha SOBs. Just because they say it needs a bearing doesn't mean it actually does. Looks to me like they're just fishing for some cash. At 45,000 miles I'd be surprised if the axle was worn at all. I've changed bearings in cars with 120,000 miles and it was just starting to develop a small score line.
ncjay wrote:
$600 for a $10 bearing? Crooked buncha SOBs. Just because they say it needs a bearing doesn't mean it actually does. Looks to me like they're just fishing for some cash. At 45,000 miles I'd be surprised if the axle was worn at all. I've changed bearings in cars with 120,000 miles and it was just starting to develop a small score line.
Yeah that's what I'm thinking. The rear end under my '91 with over 230k miles on it didn't have any bearing noise. I'm inclined to believe it's just stealership trying to pull one over on her strictly because she's a she.
The only vehicle I can think of with any reputation for spiting out an axle bearing, let alone at that milage, and killing the axle in the process, is the Ford Crown Vic.
I imagine those repair bearings work assuming some "ifs" are satisfied that most people don't.
So I drove it yesterday, the only noise I hear is tire noise and lots of it, from those Tiger Paw tires it's no wonder. Being a 'vert it's a lot louder than what I'm used to in an F-Body. I did hear a rubbing noise coming from the middle of the car, so I'll have some other stuff to check out.
