Mine lasted about 168,000 miles before they started making noise. I replaced mine when I replaced my transmission and rear CV joints.
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David Clarkson
90 Westy (270K)
-----Original Message----- From: Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@VERIZON.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Thu, Nov 12, 2009 8:53 pm Subject: Fwd: Re: Service Interval, Real Wheel Bearings
>Hi? >Pull the wheel, Drum and Hub, see if the grease has a burned smell? >to it. Grease in a syringe shoot it in the bearings behind the seal.? >This should buy time till you can have it fixed / Swapped. If you? >can take a syringe and poke it through the Boot to the CV Joints and? >fill it up with grease as well. This should shut up the Dry CVs.? >This is NOT a Fix. Just a bandage to get you where you want to be.? >C-ya Jonce? >? >? >>Should I just go for it? As much as I love roadtrips, and the? >>reason I have a Vanagon, that sick feeling in the stomach quickly? >>erases the last several days of adventure and good times when? >>mechanical problems erupt. I would rather error on the side of? >>overdoing it: all new CV joints, all new rear brakes (at 90,000? >>the mechanic said that would be the last time for resurfacing the? >>drums, worn out), and new rear bearings. All of this has got to? >>cost $1000 or more, got to.? >>? >>Any advice? I'm taking it in tomorrow. My suspicion is CV? >>joints...with no service on them whatsover, they've lasted 85,000? >>miles. Since servicing them costs almost as much as replacing them? >>(paying a mechanic) and they "always" give gentle click-click? >>warnings before failure, that's the route I went.? >>? >>Rich? >>85 Manual, not a Westy, 180,000 miles of gentle roadtrips? >>San Diego? |
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