I have an 85 300TD and started to hear loud squealy noises from the rear. My husband thinks it's the bearings (on jacks the wheel can be spun only 1/4 inch and you hear this metal to metal squeal) so I stopped driving the car and we are considering doing the job as we have no good mechanics around here. We've only had the car a year and have done simple jobs on it like adjusting the valves, diagnosing the vaccum probs, and replacing the glow plugs but we aren't sure we are up to a job such as this. Any insight as to what tools we'd need, time estimates for novices doing the job and sites that may reference details on the process as well as anything else you think may help, such as what else we should replace while were into this, would be greatly appreciated. Also if we should check into other possible problems that could be causing this squeal.
Thanks much.
AKchick