Wheel bearing gone bad coincidence?

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Moog is shit, IMO. They maybe used to be hot shit, but I've yet to get anything from them I can look at and say, honestly, "this is quality"


Timken has always made top of the line bearings. Not just for automotive, but large scale industrial stuff. Is there a bearing on a critical piece of mining equipment that costs $3k+ per hour on downtime? It's probably timken. No, seriously. I have a bit of contact with the heavy equipment world and the folks there tell me that on anything larger, or more labor intensive to get to, they use timken. Smaller stuff, non critcal parts, low labor things use SKF. Take that info how you will

I have relayed this once before on here, but will do so again quickly, as supportive info to this convo. The facility I work in also houses a one-client print shop (whose things land on all of our porches and are produced by the millions, wink nudge) along with an international printing equipment supplier. ALL those rollers that spin 24/7/365? Timken boxes everywhere.

I work with aerospace companies a lot. I also have a few helicopter mfr as clients. Rotor bearings? Timken.

Mars Rover? You get the idea.
 
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I called a shop that I usually deal with and he quoted me 120.00 per side. Said he’ll talk to his partner and they’ll maybe able to go 200.00 for both. This is labor only. I didn’t bother calling around other shops. Is this a fair rate?

Also he mentioned something about spindle and ball joints having to come out to get the hub assembly in. He said sometimes they can save the ball joint and sometimes you have to get a new one if you can’t. Not sure if he was referring to upper or lower ball joints. Does this sound accurate? I didn’t know this job involved all that
 

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I called a shop that I usually deal with and he quoted me 120.00 per side. Said he’ll talk to his partner and they’ll maybe able to go 200.00 for both. This is labor only. I didn’t bother calling around other shops. Is this a fair rate?

Also he mentioned something about spindle and ball joints having to come out to get the hub assembly in. He said sometimes they can save the ball joint and sometimes you have to get a new one if you can’t. Not sure if he was referring to upper or lower ball joints. Does this sound accurate? I didn’t know this job involved all that

For wheel bearings?! Do yourself a favor and get a new mechanic.

Just did these myself in the fall and that's a load of bull ****

*I was referring to spindles and ball joint removal*
 
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Agreed with a combo of the above. There is absolutely no reason to touch ball joints /remove spindles to do the hubs.

$200 for both is a fair price.
 
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The guy I talked to is not the guy that is going to be working on my truck. I don’t know if you have to remove the ball joints to do a wheel bearing replacement on say a 96 silverado but that’s what he has and he was saying that he thinks it’s like his.

I’m no expert but I told him that I didn’t think you had to do all that for the wheel bearing hub replacement and he said claimed you do. Maybe he was confused as to an older model? I’m not sure but he called me back and told me his brother, other owner of the shop said he can do for 200.00 both sides so I’ll be dropping it off in the morning.
 
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Just got the truck back from the shop. They replaced both front side hub assembly bearings. The guy working on the truck said they didn’t have to remove ball joints. He said not to listen to the other guy. Lol. They’re both good guys. Got it done for 200.00 in labor both sides and 110.00 for the pair of timken’s. Was 310.00 a good price for this job?
 

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Just got the truck back from the shop. They replaced both front side hub assembly bearings. The guy working on the truck said they didn’t have to remove ball joints. He said not to listen to the other guy. Lol. They’re both good guys. Got it done for 200.00 in labor both sides and 110.00 for the pair of timken’s. Was 310.00 a good price for this job?

Yes. Very.
 

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