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After market auto parts makers warning RANT

Odawgp
how it all began.

I had to pull the front wheel bearings out of the 96 tracker yesterday. they sounded a little DRY.

and today

what used to be a 2-4 part job ie.. inner, outer wheel bearing and race's has turned into a nightmare from he11. the parts counter didn't even know what it was i wanted i had to take the part into him and show him. and then he says

"how did you get that apart" he had never seen a wheel bearing that wasn't one piece

WTH


them bast-ids (after market part manuf.) took the wheel bearings and race's and made them into one unit that cost 4 times as much as the original parts did individually not to mention that i am going to have to take it somewheres to get the new one piece bearing pressed in.

it was so simple before

WHY Change it?

WHY ?

WHY?

how is the Do It Yourselfer supposed to replace these things when you, out of the blue change the design and make it nearly impossible for the DIY's to obtain the parts?

or even install them ourselves



dammit all to he11 i'm pissed [}:)]






thanks i fell better...............kinda................not really......................[}:)]
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  • shoff14
    If you want good wheel bearings, you take the bearing to your local bearing supply store and get some timkins, then you don't have a problem.
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  • Colt Super
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    Or go to the parts counter at the franchised dealership.

    Doug
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  • Alpine
    Is a fifty ton press enough?
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  • cowdoc
    ain't them one piece wheel bearing deals nice......NOT!
    had to replace one one my f250 ford 4x4 last fall......the lockout hub ended up getting wrecked also......the wheel bearing and hub assembly plus lock out hub was over 700 dollars
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  • Odawgp
    quote:Originally posted by Doug Wilson
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    Or go to the parts counter at the franchised dealership.

    Doug


    they wanted $265 bucks for the same assy.

    i just want one bearing and race, if i wanted all 4 parts id by them i just want the choice

    1 piece or 4
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  • Odawgp
    quote:Originally posted by cowdoc
    ain't them one piece wheel bearing deals nice......NOT!
    had to replace one one my f250 ford 4x4 last fall......the lockout hub ended up getting wrecked also......the wheel bearing and hub assembly plus lock out hub was over 700 dollars


    [:(]

    and i thought i was pissed [}:)]
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  • minitruck83
    Brass rod,socket,dowel,the appropiate size and a big hammer! If it's been driven a while and probably has scored the hub. Pick yard the entire knuckle/rotor. Then get it lined up.

    Had to do this on a Toyota. The shop said it was "labor intensive" to replace a $29.95 bearing and quoted me almost $800 to do the job. Took me about 4 hrs in the driveway with breaks and without the tools they had available.

    shoff14 is right about a bearing supply house. They also will most likely be way less expensive than than the dealer. (the guy at the parts counter will probably be able to pull what you need by looking at the old bearing)


    Allen
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  • reloader44mag
    Thats what you get for buying jap stuff and fords
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  • cowdoc
    reloader, i had to replace same kind of deal on my 99 chevy suburban when i had that, and also replaced the same kind of set up on a 97 dodge intrepid.............so flavor doesn't matter.
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  • Odawgp
    Shoff...
    No bearing supply house for 100 miles, kinda hard to get there when the car is tore all apart.[V]

    Mini....

    The Parts counter guy was an idiot, he definatly had never worked on an older vehicle. He had never seen parts like the ones that i took in to him. the numbers were useless. all the new computer software, part ref. material only shows these new fancy bastids. the new repair manuals dont even tell you how to do it yourself it says "take to nearest service center"

    The Hub is ok, i had pulled them to repack the bearings. I didn't want to be doing it in the -20 deg weather later on this winter. I
    notice that the teflon bearing cage was a bit worn. so i was going to replace the one bearing and the inner race.

    which i can't so this new fancey bearing has made a 1hr job turn into a 4 dayer.[:(!]
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  • D1
    do youhave the # off of the race or the bearing?
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  • RustyBones
    Went through the same crap earlier this year. 2003 savana - had to replace the whole assembly for about 800$$$
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  • Odawgp
    quote:Originally posted by reloader44mag
    Thats what you get for buying jap stuff and fords



    I don't think it much matters what brand of car you buy anymore they all suck, they have supposedly been engirneered not to wear out. and if they do they are made so that you cant fix'em yourself and they end up right back where they came from to be repaired.
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  • Odawgp
    quote:Originally posted by drjew
    do youhave the # off of the race or the bearing?


    NSK 41KW00 bearing number

    no numbers on the races that i can see, they are still in, i will run a hot pass out of the welder around them. the weld should shrink them right up and they should fall right out. I hope, this has worked for me before on a forklift hub that i had to replace bearings and races.

    I have the new fancy bearing in the freezer and the hub sitting out in the sun on a piece of plate steel. after i get the races out i hope the bearing drops right in. we will see.
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  • Odawgp
    quote:Originally posted by RustyBones
    Went through the same crap earlier this year. 2003 savana - had to replace the whole assembly for about 800$$$


    Makes you wonder why they changed them from the older seperate bearings and races, which a monkey could fix. And made them into one new unmaintainable and very exspensive part?[xx(]
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  • agman1999
    The aftermarket is just following the lead set by the manufacturer. Only way to get the bearings is if they aren't some special one-off item, and you've got a good industrial supply house within driving distance.
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