random
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Ugh, this car (caliber) has been is a nightmare...
Wheel bearings seem to be bad, took it in to have it checked out. Estimate was $500 for bearings only, $1000 for bearings and hubs if those were also bad. I'm $1400 into the car and it's not even mine, so I say nevermind.
That's something of an aside, just setup. I'm guessing they must have removed the wheels, right? You would do that to check the bearings?
Anyways, I ordered the parts ($150 total) and am starting to get things ready to work on this weekend - and the lug nuts won't come off. Some of them are stripped nearly round, and they are insanely tight. I managed to get one wheel off finally using a bolt extractor socket and breaker bar, but even with that, the other side won't come off. My breaker bar is now a little bent.
I'm thinking I'll probably pick up some steel pipe and try again with more leverage, but it seems to me that with my 200 lbs jumping on the end of the breaker, and the only result is the bar bends, they're probably a bit on the tight side...
I think this is more just a rant than anything else, thanks for listening (reading)
Wheel bearings seem to be bad, took it in to have it checked out. Estimate was $500 for bearings only, $1000 for bearings and hubs if those were also bad. I'm $1400 into the car and it's not even mine, so I say nevermind.
That's something of an aside, just setup. I'm guessing they must have removed the wheels, right? You would do that to check the bearings?
Anyways, I ordered the parts ($150 total) and am starting to get things ready to work on this weekend - and the lug nuts won't come off. Some of them are stripped nearly round, and they are insanely tight. I managed to get one wheel off finally using a bolt extractor socket and breaker bar, but even with that, the other side won't come off. My breaker bar is now a little bent.
I'm thinking I'll probably pick up some steel pipe and try again with more leverage, but it seems to me that with my 200 lbs jumping on the end of the breaker, and the only result is the bar bends, they're probably a bit on the tight side...
I think this is more just a rant than anything else, thanks for listening (reading)