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front hub bearing in 2001 festa turdo beisel

swampduck
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hi all , due to a lovely droning noise that s slowly getting worse , i have deduced that my nearside wheel bearing is on its way out . now i m reasonable with a spanner ,and the good old haynes seems to make it look quite straight forward.but before i start with the big hammer and the swearing has anyone actually replaced one ? is it ok ,or a bit of a b#tch. just thought i d ask ,cause if its a bit iffy i ll leave it to me local garage to fettle for me . cheers all ,swampduck :blink:

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    hi all , due to a lovely droning noise that s slowly getting worse , i have deduced that my nearside wheel bearing is on its way out . now i m reasonable with a spanner ,and the good old haynes seems to make it look quite straight forward.but before i start with the big hammer and the swearing has anyone actually replaced one ? is it ok ,or a bit of a b#tch. just thought i d ask ,cause if its a bit iffy i ll leave it to me local garage to fettle for me . cheers all ,swampduck :blink:

    As you are asking this question I will take it that you are not a mechanic and as such I will say: do not change a wheel bearing yourself, under any circumstance. EVER

    see this article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10...ts-tightly.html

    Take it to a good quality garage, or preferably Ford themselves.

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    :unsure: ta very much for the reply , gave it to me local garage to replace,who then informd me it had well and truly seized in the hub . anyhow they did it and old uncle festa is all nice and quiet again (well for an old deisel)

    As you are asking this question I will take it that you are not a mechanic and as such I will say: do not change a wheel bearing yourself, under any circumstance. EVER

    see this article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10...ts-tightly.html

    Take it to a good quality garage, or preferably Ford themselves.

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    Excellent! How much did they charge you for the pleasure? Only asking as I had some front wheel bearing change a couple of year back and I'm wondering if I was robbed. lol

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