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06-01-2008, 02:50 PM
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PT cruiser rear wheel bearing question
Hey anybody know about the rear "monobearing" on the pt? My right rear is clicking and I wanted to replace the bearings and they just want to sell me a hub assembly. I bought a Haynes and they don't even list a proceedure for packing the bearings.
What gives? Can't I repack the bearings? Is the only servicing possible really changing the entire hub? Tom W
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06-01-2008, 06:26 PM
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My experience with almost all front wheel drive cars is a hub assembly replacement because the bearings require no service. My 84 Eldorado has no bearing service front or rear, ever.
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06-01-2008, 07:11 PM
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Yeah, I changed one on my son's Honda. When I searched for the bearing, I learned that they only came as a hub assembly.
By the time you buy the bearing and pay a machine shop to press it on, it comes out about the same...
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06-01-2008, 08:00 PM
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MB sells theirs the same way now as well.
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06-01-2008, 10:51 PM
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Ok, well it sucks but it looks not to be too hard to change myself.
Tom W
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06-02-2008, 07:59 AM
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Thanks everybody.
Tom W
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual. [SIGPIC]..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.
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06-08-2008, 07:33 AM
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I changed it yesterday. It was so easy I nearly laughed out loud.
There was no evidence of the bearing being bad once I got it out. It looks like with a needle I could squirt grease in there and get it pretty far back toward the seal. Anybody try something like that? Tom W
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual. [SIGPIC]..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.
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