Basch Acura found my wheel bearing was bad; they tighetened and said I could leave it and see how it is but the damage is probably done. Since I have a drive to Vegas in about two weeks, I am guessing I want to get it fixed before then.

They quoted me $73.50 for the wheel bearing, and then $150 in labor. So about $225 out the door.Does this sound reasonable?

Or is this something I could do on my own in a day? I have a completely free weekend, but I am not sure how involved replacing teh bearing would be.

 

Judge for yourself...
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=720159

 

pay the 225, have a beer

wheel bearing installs

 

Do you have a Press?

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=720159

 

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damn you beat me to it

 

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****, save 200 and have a beer Remove the knuckle yourself and take it to get the new bearings pressed in for $25. Spend the other $200 on stripers and drugs

 

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That has to be the best thought ever!!!

 

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225 includes the part dufus...
they are only charging him 150 for labor

 

You can get the wheel bearing much cheaper from Len.

 

corner 3 garage takes care of my all my wheel bearing needs.
Stock Steve

chris, maybe you can press it in your self if you balance the bearing on your hub on a jack under your car and then just jack it up

 

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Stock Steve

chris, maybe you can press it in your self if you balance the bearing on your hub on a jack under your car and then just jack it up </TD></TR></TABLE>

Corner 3 garage?

I know I could find a place to do the pressing for $25, but the part is still $75. I could order from Len, but I kind of want/need this before my long hard drive to Vegas.

What happens if I don't fix the bearing before such a drive? Any risk/worries??

 

I'm gonna go with Craig, remove hub your damn self, then take it to someone with a press. And say no to drugs

 

^^^ says Jim

 

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****, save 200 and have a beer Remove the knuckle yourself and take it to get the new bearings pressed in for $25. Spend the other $200 on stripers and drugs </TD></TR></TABLE>

diy...strippers and beer

 

Strippers...where!?

 

damm i must undercharge, cuz i only charged like 150$ca for the last customer!

 

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You can do it with a slide hammer, and no it will not ruin anything.

 

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You can do it with a slide hammer, and no it will not ruin anything.</TD></TR></TABLE>
rorz your out of your mind if you think yoiu can do it with a slide hammeR
is it possible?... yes.
Can he do it? no chance in hell.

 

You can get two new wheel bearings from Autozone for $160.00. Installing them is super easy. Right Jeremy?

 

Screw it, I am having Basch do it on Friday since they are also doing one of my motor mounts.

 

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rorz your out of your mind if you think yoiu can do it with a slide hammeR
is it possible?... yes.
Can he do it? no chance in hell. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I can do it, and a lot of other people do it. I have seen people at Honda using the same method.

 

wheel bearing - $50
domestic guy at the corner shop pressing in a new one on your removed knuckle - $20
remove/replace knuckle yourself - cost of bandaids and beverage of your choice

knowing that you saved yourself $150 - priceless

 

and you use a bearing splitter with the slide hammer as well?

 

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No, you use a pitman arm puller to separate the ball joint. But if you use a slide hammer, you don't have to separate the ball joints.

 

no no, i was talking about getting the inside bearing casing off the hub after the bearing seperates