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Wheel Bearings

C2YLO

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Advice sought please. I suspect that one of my rear wheel bearings is on the way out due to the whirring noise eminating from the rear whilst driving. having checked the price of original replacements from Porsche I found them to be fairly reasonable. BUT, after contacting a local-ish independant I found the labour charge to be £300 per side. Does anyone have first hand knowledge of the complexity of changing these bearings? Are special pullers and presses required? I'm assuming the £300 equates to 5hrs at £60 an hour which indicates some degree of difficulty. [8|]
 
If you know or can find a mechanic with a press to push the bearing out you could have it done a lot cheaper.
Some mechanics have a engineering background and these ones dont have any difficulties changing bearings as more damage can be done by pushing the new bearing in.
If you are based any where near north london/enfield i know a chap who will not have a problem and will not charge any where near that.
Dan
 
if you look on the the 'p-car.com' site there are many articles for DIY maintenance including the rear wheel bearing, looks easy!

good luck

David
 
Thanks for the advice so far. I will be check P-car etc to assess the tool requirement situation and maybe a couple of other indes and an OPC for good measure.

I'll post the findings as sson as I get chance to do the research.

Cliff
 
Are you sure it's not the rear tyres. Some makes have a tendancy to produce rumble identical to bearing noise in the last 1000 miles of life.

Seriously this is worth checking out first.
 

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