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rear wheel bearings
I have a 95 saturn with 340,000km(I live in canada)I have replaced the
front wheel bearings, tierods, lower control arms,but not the strut assemblies or the rear wheel bearings.The bearings in the back sound fine but I don't know how long I should put it off. Also the front right strut bearing rubber under the damper shaft nut is cracked and half missing.I know the left strut damper shaft has lost its damper because you can push it all the way down.Again I'm wondering how long i should procrastinate or is it worth it to get struts out of the wreckers. Other than that, it's been a very reliable car. I drive 100km's a day to get back and forth to work. I only use it for work and the maintenance has been very reasonable. Occasionally I get parts out of the wreckers. |
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Struts, strut pivot bearings and the like I always buy new. To me, using
used suspension parts is not worth the risk. On the rear bearings, look at the bearings. If the rolers and races are still smooth and there is no flaking off of the surface, they are still good. Give them a good cleaning and re-grease and they should be fine. Nice thing about tapered bearings is that there is a good deal of adjustment by tensioning the hub nut. If you do have to change the bearing, do be sure to drive out the old race and install the new one. I decided to skip that step once and had to replace the bearing and race again in a few thousand miles. "bothrops" > wrote in message lkaboutautos.com... > I have a 95 saturn with 340,000km(I live in canada)I have replaced the > front wheel bearings, tierods, lower control arms,but not the strut > assemblies or the rear wheel bearings.The bearings in the back sound fine > but I don't know how long I should put it off. Also the front right strut > bearing rubber under the damper shaft nut is cracked and half missing.I > know the left strut damper shaft has lost its damper because you can push > it all the way down.Again I'm wondering how long i should procrastinate or > is it worth it to get struts out of the wreckers. Other than that, it's > been a very reliable car. I drive 100km's a day to get back and forth to > work. I only use it for work and the maintenance has been very > reasonable. Occasionally I get parts out of the wreckers. > > > |
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Thank's for the tip. I priced a Monroe strut(without the coil spring and
top bearing plate) at $140.00(can) seems pricey but I'll shop around. I work for TRW safety systems(manufacturing) but the company won't hand out any discounts of any kind; different division TRW suspension parts, even though we stamp tie rod ends for them. I've got some synthetic bearing grease for the rear bearings I'll try that. Thanks again for your help. |
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The rear hub/bearing assembly cannot be disassembled or greased - it is a
sealed, non-serviceable unit. And I've heard in the past from a Saturn engineer that when they fail, there is seldom any warning (they don't make any noise). Best to replace them before that happens. KYB struts can be had new for around $50 (US) if you shop around on the web. And by all means, replace the rubber strut mounts at the same time. I skipped that, and at around 130,000 miles, one of the rear strut rods broke through the worn top rubber mount and came through the rear deck. All because I was too cheap to replace them when I did the struts. My website's faq section covers a good way to remove rusted-on rear hubs, if you're inclined to do the job yourself. Lane [ lane (at) evilplastic.com ] --- Visit my Saturn Car Audio and Performance Page at http://www.evilplastic.com "bothrops" > wrote in message lkaboutautos.com... > I have a 95 saturn with 340,000km(I live in canada)I have replaced the > front wheel bearings, tierods, lower control arms,but not the strut > assemblies or the rear wheel bearings.The bearings in the back sound fine > but I don't know how long I should put it off. Also the front right strut > bearing rubber under the damper shaft nut is cracked and half missing.I > know the left strut damper shaft has lost its damper because you can push > it all the way down.Again I'm wondering how long i should procrastinate or > is it worth it to get struts out of the wreckers. Other than that, it's > been a very reliable car. I drive 100km's a day to get back and forth to > work. I only use it for work and the maintenance has been very > reasonable. Occasionally I get parts out of the wreckers. > > > |
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Is there any general mileage or age mark by which the Saturn
struts just ought to be replaced? Kind of curious as I'm just over the 100k mark (and 13 years)and still have the originals. Lane wrote: > The rear hub/bearing assembly cannot be disassembled or greased - it is a > sealed, non-serviceable unit. And I've heard in the past from a Saturn > engineer that when they fail, there is seldom any warning (they don't make > any noise). Best to replace them before that happens. > > KYB struts can be had new for around $50 (US) if you shop around on the web. > And by all means, replace the rubber strut mounts at the same time. I > skipped that, and at around 130,000 miles, one of the rear strut rods broke > through the worn top rubber mount and came through the rear deck. All > because I was too cheap to replace them when I did the struts. > > My website's faq section covers a good way to remove rusted-on rear hubs, if > you're inclined to do the job yourself. > > Lane [ lane (at) evilplastic.com ] > --- > Visit my Saturn Car Audio and Performance Page at http://www.evilplastic.com > > > > "bothrops" > wrote in message > lkaboutautos.com... > >>I have a 95 saturn with 340,000km(I live in canada)I have replaced the >>front wheel bearings, tierods, lower control arms,but not the strut >>assemblies or the rear wheel bearings.The bearings in the back sound fine >>but I don't know how long I should put it off. Also the front right strut >>bearing rubber under the damper shaft nut is cracked and half missing.I >>know the left strut damper shaft has lost its damper because you can push >>it all the way down.Again I'm wondering how long i should procrastinate or >>is it worth it to get struts out of the wreckers. Other than that, it's >>been a very reliable car. I drive 100km's a day to get back and forth to >>work. I only use it for work and the maintenance has been very >>reasonable. Occasionally I get parts out of the wreckers. >> >> >> > > > |
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