im going to get my 4 wheel bearings replaced tomorrow as well as the u joints in the rear shaft, anyone have any idea on how much it will cost roughly? if its to much for all 4 ill just get the rear bearings done and then the fronts another time

 

Parts + ~$100 for labor/hr


it is going to be probably about $600-$800 or more

you can do it yourself for about $300(max) using Tikmen wheel bearings and HD Spicer u-joints (all 6) in your driveway.

 

i dont think it will be 600 bucks just for wheel bearings, i would do it myself, i just dont know how to replace bearings

 

Buy a manual for $20. Bearings are pretty simple. only real specialty part is a 36mm socket. (can be rented for $20 at AZ)

 

What does your mechanic think it will be?

 

Mitchell says 2 hours per side for the fronts, 2.5 total for the rear. So 4.5 hours of labor plus about $300 in parts. That puts it around $600-$800.

You can get the timken wheel bearings for $75 a piece for fronts. The fronts are easy, the whole hub assembly comes off and you just slap the new one on. 1 36mm nut and 3 12pt 13mm bolts and tap it off.

 

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Better than 6-800 just for the wheel bearings for my girlfriend's g6.

 

Depends you can get a $75 bearing assembly or a $250 one........take the brake caliper and disk off, 3 bolts in the back, and one big axle nut.........rinse and repeat........easy to do.

 

$600-800 for a wheel bearing on a Pontiac G6? Man, someone is royally bending you over the oak barrel. Are you sore? Unless its for this g6

Then I could understand

OP, wheel bearings are easy to do in the front and are normally around $80 each from Autozone. It takes a 1/2" 12 point socket and a 36mm nut and a little bit of time (depending on how stuck the hub is in the knuckle and the splines in the bearing). The rears are not hard either but require a little more effort to pull them from the axle tube. I ended up using a die grinder and cut the rear bearings in half. You will have to drain the rear diff and remove the c-clips and axles (also not very hard).

 

My 96 XJ is beginning to exhibit a bearing going bad ..... noise when I turn right but not when I turn left.

I guess this means a bearing on the left side as when you turn right weight is shifted to the left.

Anyhow, I hope to make it to the spring so I can do the job myself.

It's a big job, but doesn't seem like a difficult one.

I have to install a new distributor as well and doing that bothers me more than doing the wheel bearings.

 

Read it over again. BEARINGS is plural. The OP is talking about replacing ALL FOUR.

 

great prices:
http://www.hubandbearingwarehouse.co...kee/Categories