10-05-2017, 10:14 AM
With a little bit of elbow grease (ok, a shitload of it) you can replace wheel bearings pretty cheap. It's merely a matter of having most of the bottom of your car laid out on your driveway so go buy Dawn dishwashing liquid in bulk and get busy..
I had a very similar problem with an old truck and thought it was the bearings. I rebuilt the whole underside just about only to later find out the back tire had a plug in it. Once I replaced the tire with a $20 used tire the problem disappeared. Go figure, eh?
If it is the bearing you're probably lucky one hasn't seized up and busted the entire wheel off going down the highway. They can build up so much friction and heat they'll weld themselves together. Always entertaining to see the car in front of you lose a wheel at 60 mph.. That's of course right after your life flashes in front of you for a second..
Remember when the emergency brake would actually stop your car in an emergency? Yeah me either..
I had a very similar problem with an old truck and thought it was the bearings. I rebuilt the whole underside just about only to later find out the back tire had a plug in it. Once I replaced the tire with a $20 used tire the problem disappeared. Go figure, eh?
If it is the bearing you're probably lucky one hasn't seized up and busted the entire wheel off going down the highway. They can build up so much friction and heat they'll weld themselves together. Always entertaining to see the car in front of you lose a wheel at 60 mph.. That's of course right after your life flashes in front of you for a second..
Remember when the emergency brake would actually stop your car in an emergency? Yeah me either..
In the immortal words of my old man, "Wait'll you get to be my age!"
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Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.
