Back before they turned cars into computers on wheels, I used to do 90% of the maintenance...even rebuilt an engine once.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 11:59 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: car troubles well, after figuring out it was going to be a $500.00 job at the dealership, I decided to do it myself. Took a vacation day since I never use them anyway. Bought the part at O'Reilly's for $149. Bought a $10 axle socket and an $8 1/2 extension. I've got the bearing removed now...took about 1.5 hours since I'm so out of shape :) Waiting on the replacement one to get here at 1:30. So far, it's actually been a very simple job. On May 8, 2010, at 6:09 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > You know the saying, "Once a fiat owner, always a mechanic"...I always think it will be an easy job....until I realize how far things have come technology wise since my 1981 Fiat Spider. > > > On May 8, 2010, at 5:45 PM, Medic wrote: > >> >> Ya, it's something you definitely want to have done at a garage. >> >> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> tires look fine and they only have around 5k on them . I'm beginning to >>> lean more towards the bearing. The ABS warning light came on today and said >>> to have it checked out. Lo and behold, when I looked at the bearing online, >>> it's a whole assembly with an ABS sensor built into it. >>> >>> Doesn't look like it will be easy to replace either. Probably will end up >>> taking it into a repair shop. >>> >>> On May 8, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I'd guess a bearing or possibly uneven tire wear on the inside of the >>>> tire. I've had vibration issues with tires that didn't get rotated >>>> enough, looked fine from the outside but the inside was all worn. CV >>>> joint usually manifests as a grinding noise when turning rather than a >>>> vibration. >>>> >>>> Judah >>>> >>>> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Sounds like a wheel bearing to me. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> My wife's 2006 uplander has developed a buzzing vibration on the left >>> front >>>>>> wheel. Sounds like a small airplane engine. Happens when you're going >>>>>> straight or turning right. If you're turning left, the noise is much >>> less >>>>>> noticeable. Is this a CV joint problem? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318014 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
