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Title: Wheel bearings
Post by: shepgti on 20 March 2011, 20:53
What sort of price am I looking at for a garage to replace a couple of wheel bearings?
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: richw911 on 20 March 2011, 20:55
Front or back?
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: dom on 20 March 2011, 22:41
The guy I go to charged me an hours labour to change both rear wheel bearings on my Mk3, which was only about £20!
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: shepgti on 20 March 2011, 23:49
front bearings i would say as im getting real bad sqeakk from front right when turning at slow speed and a horrible cabin drone at about 35-40mph
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: robz on 21 March 2011, 08:28
I paid 120 from the worst dub specialist in the world, who the put it so out of track I could drove it.... Then they wouldn't track it for me!!
Cost another 50 for tracking elsewhere!!
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: daniel-1986 on 24 March 2011, 10:11
i took the hubs off mine and took them to a garage who did them for £10 a side
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: justalex81 on 24 March 2011, 22:35
depends on how arsed you can be to do some of the work yourself.

if you remove the hubs and take em to the garage i'd say it would prob cost you 40 sheets all in.

for a garage to do it i'd say about £100
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: shepgti on 24 March 2011, 22:47
not going to be doing any of the work myself so will cost a bit more, how much do we reakon a dealers would charge to change them?
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: The Mighty Elvi on 24 March 2011, 22:56
not going to be doing any of the work myself so will cost a bit more, how much do we reakon a dealers would charge to change them?

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Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: shepgti on 24 March 2011, 23:18
not going to be doing any of the work myself so will cost a bit more, how much do we reakon a dealers would charge to change them?

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one million trillion dollaaaaars then? :grin:
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: SoundillusioN on 25 March 2011, 09:31
fook taking it to a dealer for something like that.
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: robz on 25 March 2011, 19:29
Dealer quoted 350 for mine lol
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: dino_golfgti on 25 March 2011, 20:06
i would get ur bearings off ebay...looking around 5-10 quid a side

and most local mechanics will charge u about 30-40 quid a side to fit em
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: shepgti on 25 March 2011, 23:27
note this isnt actually dub realated :embarassed:

they need doing on my corsa vxr
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: Wayne on 25 March 2011, 23:37
note this isnt actually dub realated :embarassed:

they need doing on my corsa vxr

Have you not got a good local garage you can trust.
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: shepgti on 25 March 2011, 23:45
note this isnt actually dub realated :embarassed:

they need doing on my corsa vxr

Have you not got a good local garage you can trust.

yea there is one i can use but im getting it serviced at the dealers i bought it from cheap ecause i have a voucher thing so thought about getting the to sort the bearing amongst other things but i guess i'll get a garage to do it
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: Wayne on 25 March 2011, 23:49
Might be worth getting a price from both, I have sometimes in the past found the main dealer to be cheaper than a local garage.
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: shepgti on 25 March 2011, 23:53
well i'll get a quote but wont hold my breath, the mot in jan at the dealers cost me 57 quid for 2 front wioers :sad:
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: Wayne on 25 March 2011, 23:54
well i'll get a quote but wont hold my breath, the mot in jan at the dealers cost me 57 quid for 2 front wioers :sad:

Did that include the cost of the mot. :shocked:
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: SoundillusioN on 26 March 2011, 00:22
^^^ fook me you'd hope so!
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: shepgti on 26 March 2011, 00:36
nope,

40 quid mot
52 quid wipers
5 quid fitting :grin:
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: SoundillusioN on 26 March 2011, 01:02
nope,

40 quid mot
52 quid wipers
5 quid fitting :grin:

how the fook were they 52 quid... new arms too? and if so, why did you need them?
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: shepgti on 26 March 2011, 01:10
nope,

40 quid mot
52 quid wipers
5 quid fitting :grin:

how the fook were they 52 quid... new arms too? and if so, why did you need them?


nope just the blades, they are 'special ones' apparently  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: Seanl on 26 March 2011, 08:00
Should have just ran off to halfrauds to get them yourself, come back and fitted them! Even if they charged you for a part retest to be anal about it, you would still have been quids in!  :sick:
I know its all good in hindsight but fook me you must feel proper seen off!
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: Wayne on 26 March 2011, 08:04
nope,

40 quid mot
52 quid wipers
5 quid fitting :grin:

 :shocked: :shocked: £52 are they gold plated.  :grin:
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: Bellend on 26 March 2011, 12:48
nope,

40 quid mot
52 quid wipers
5 quid fitting :grin:

Sounds about right. You can buy them from Kings, trade they're about £20 something quid, come with refil pads.

However I bet they didn't give you the refil.  :rolleyes:

Therefore they should have just put a single set on. They're crafty.
Title: Re: Wheel bearings
Post by: shepgti on 26 March 2011, 16:05
nope,

40 quid mot
52 quid wipers
5 quid fitting :grin:

Sounds about right. You can buy them from Kings, trade they're about £20 something quid, come with refil pads.

However I bet they didn't give you the refil.  :rolleyes:

Therefore they should have just put a single set on. They're crafty.



refill pads?? :huh: