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Wasatch15
 Post subject: Front Bearing Suprise
PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:51 am 
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Went to replace a front left bearing yesterday and got quite a surprise. Seems the days of replacing the bearing race and oil seal are long gone. For the Liberty you have to replace what is called the Spindle Hub Bearing Assembly. For each side the cost went from $156.00 to $347.00 each, depending on which auto parts store I called. I ended up with a SKF model BR930325 (Checker Auto), OUCH.. :shock:

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YIKES! I can remember many summer afternoons of putting new bearings in family vehicles; pulling the wheels, getting the bearings and packing them with grease, then putting everything back together. Guess the days of do-it-yourself car maintenance are slowly but steadily dwindling down :(

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$156, that's cheaper than I can buy them, where did you pick them up, and did the counter guy make a mistake!?

Al

The $350 price is closer to retail for the bearings.

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corwyyn wrote:
YIKES! I can remember many summer afternoons of putting new bearings in family vehicles; pulling the wheels, getting the bearings and packing them with grease, then putting everything back together. Guess the days of do-it-yourself car maintenance are slowly but steadily dwindling down :(


same here.. my dad use to make me and my brother pack the bearings with grease.. it actually was fun back in the day.. watch the old nasty grease start to come out and the new grease going in.. man.. been a lont time since i have done that..

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Yes, please tell me more about this $156 price. I work at autozone, and I was appalled at the $347.00 price per hub assembly. YIKES!

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 Post subject: Re: bearings
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Jeepin Al wrote:
$156, that's cheaper than I can buy them, where did you pick them up, and did the counter guy make a mistake!?

Al

The $350 price is closer to retail for the bearings.


I think this is what he's referring to: http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail.aspx?mfrcode=SKF&mfrpartnumber=BR930325

More info: http://www.ptcauto.com/pdfs/newbearings.pdf

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I got mine for about the same price from Checker/shucks/cragen stores.

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