Sunday, July 8, 2007

This time I really am finished.

So, after I found a new wheel bearing and had the old one pressed out and the new one pressed in, I found out that the suspension upright/bearing carrier is worn, allowing the new bearing to move around. Not good. The repair shop found a used upright and kindly transferred my new bearing to it.

I finally got the part back with the new bearing on Friday, July 6. I reassembled the right-side suspension and moved on to replacing the brake hoses. The right side went fine. When I tried to remove the hose on the left side, I rounded the nut holding the hose to the brake caliper. I rushed out to the salvage yard and they found a donor caliper I could get the part I needed from.

I finished up around 5:00pm. I made an appointment for an alignment at Norm's for Saturday morning. We dropped the car off Friday night and it was done before noon on Saturday.

1 comment:

Mark said...

Yay! That was pretty frustrating. Man, I'd never undertake such a venture. You are a brave guy. But now you have a great front end. I imagine the difference in driving is huge. Good job.