I'm so screwed!
#1
I'm so screwed!
I had a bad vibration in my SE today, took it to the alignment shop to have what I thought was a wheel balance. Turns out my drivers side bearings are shot, and the vibration was caused by that wheel havin 3 inches of play over the shot bearings. Bottom line: there goes another $400. I'm starting to wish I'd never bought the damn thing.
#4
Not to bust your chops or anything..but you shouldn't complain. Paying $400 to replace one bearing is simply not smart. You could have gotten it replaced alot cheaper elsewhere. If you were handy enough, you could have took out the whole spindle and have a shop simply press out the old and press in the new bearing which would end up costing about $100 or less including the new bearing. $400 can be justified if you needed a new hub or if both sides bearings were replaced otherwise..in my personal opinion, I feel you took a severe raping.
#5
Re: I'm so screwed!
Originally posted by Spipedong90
I had a bad vibration in my SE today, took it to the alignment shop to have what I thought was a wheel balance. Turns out my drivers side bearings are shot, and the vibration was caused by that wheel havin 3 inches of play over the shot bearings. Bottom line: there goes another $400. I'm starting to wish I'd never bought the damn thing.
I had a bad vibration in my SE today, took it to the alignment shop to have what I thought was a wheel balance. Turns out my drivers side bearings are shot, and the vibration was caused by that wheel havin 3 inches of play over the shot bearings. Bottom line: there goes another $400. I'm starting to wish I'd never bought the damn thing.
Link here:
http://www.warrantydirect.com
#6
I agree $400 is way to much. I payed somewhere around $30-$40 for the bearing and did the work myself and paid $20 to have the old one pressed out so all in all i only paid about $60 and did the work myself which is VERY easy to do!
#7
Re: Re: I'm so screwed!
Originally posted by packetattack
Anyone that has an "older" car thats out of warranty should strongly consider getting warranty coverage. I use Warranty Direct for my warranty services. It just makes sense since a lot of stuff starts to go past a certain mileage/years of use.
Link here:
http://www.warrantydirect.com
Anyone that has an "older" car thats out of warranty should strongly consider getting warranty coverage. I use Warranty Direct for my warranty services. It just makes sense since a lot of stuff starts to go past a certain mileage/years of use.
Link here:
http://www.warrantydirect.com
#8
OK, I did not let it wear that far. I just bought the car. I looked at the paper again and they are indeed replacing the entire hub and all of that crap. You may call me stupid but I always do my own work on everything but the damn driveline. I learned my lesson a few times and now it's just not worth it to me. I neglected to mention what all is being done for that money, and I feel it's worth at least most of the cost.
They're removing all the locking lug nuts which I don't have a key for, replacing the stripped studs because some of the wheels only have 3 lugs holding them on, replacing the bearing and all of that stuff, and both CV boots.
Even so, I know it's still more than I would pay if I did it myself but I want it done right, and I hate the driveline.
They're removing all the locking lug nuts which I don't have a key for, replacing the stripped studs because some of the wheels only have 3 lugs holding them on, replacing the bearing and all of that stuff, and both CV boots.
Even so, I know it's still more than I would pay if I did it myself but I want it done right, and I hate the driveline.
#11
Originally posted by Kevincleff
Matt, everything takes you 20 minutes !! Damnit I wish I had your car knowledge
Matt, everything takes you 20 minutes !! Damnit I wish I had your car knowledge
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