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Old 09-21-2003, 10:12 AM
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Wheel bearing with a twist.

Well I knew it was inevitable with all the conversation about the wheel bearing vunerablility but I didn't expect it to be on the passenger side...IN FRONT.

I've gotten a couple of quotes for about $400. Seems high. what's your experiences with price?

I thought about doing it myself but it says to 'press' the new bearing in place. I don't have anything that presses anything. Crap!


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Old 09-21-2003, 12:53 PM
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Unfortunately that doesn't sound too far off the mark. Way back when I first owned an SVX, it cost me about $250 per side to get the wheel bearings replaced on the rear. From my understanding, the fronts are more difficult because of the turning mechanisms and thus probably more expensive.

On the bright side, fronts don't go nearly as often as the rears... that $400 might not be so bad.

(From the guy who I think first drew attention to the problem many moons ago...)
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Re: Wheel bearing with a twist.

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Well I knew it was inevitable with all the conversation about the wheel bearing vunerablility but I didn't expect it to be on the passenger side...IN FRONT.

I've gotten a couple of quotes for about $400. Seems high. what's your experiences with price?

I thought about doing it myself but it says to 'press' the new bearing in place. I don't have anything that presses anything. Crap!


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Go see the folks at Mastro, they should be able to take care of your issue pretty quickly.

If you want to do it yourself, see if they will let you borrow or rent the new on-car bearing insertion tool. It is no longer necessary to use a bench press for bearing installation. Say hi to Alan (one of the techs, british guy) while you're there and ask to see his Impreza 1.8L frankenstein project.
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Old 09-22-2003, 06:23 AM
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I really think the bench press is the bearing killer. It puts way to much preload on the bearing. The hub tamer or other on the car tool with a power screw is the way to go.

I am not saying I know this from experience except I still have all the original bearings I got with the SVX at 90k miles and I now have about 100k more miles on it.
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Old 09-22-2003, 04:50 PM
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(From the guy who I think first drew attention to the problem many moons ago...)
So the SVX bearing problem is all your fault!?


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Old 09-22-2003, 04:53 PM
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I'm dropping it off at Mastro in the morning. I'll look for Alan and ask.

I would try it myself but I need to get it back on the road quickly and I don't have the product or knowledge to do it correctly this time. I really hate to give that money to someone else.

As far as the pressing is conerned I could never bench press much over 150 to 175 lbs even on my best days.

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ps: Thanks, I do feel better about the price now.
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