Need Some car Advice

ms_boo_dreadful Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:03 pm

early morning greetings folks... i was wondering if anyone here had ever changed out the Hub Assembly on a car before. soon im going to have to change mine out on my front drivers side and well ive not ever had to have that done nor have i ever done it my self. any advice?

btw this is on a 1981 toyota tercel

Mad Maxine Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:30 pm

I've done it myself several times on VW Jettas. I used to drive a Toyota before I understood much about cars, so I couldn't tell you what it should cost.

If it's the whole hub-assembly, it is likely that the bearing mount has been damaged somehow. On one of my cars, I ended up with a bad hub, and no matter how many wheel bearings I put in, the damn thing still didn't work right.

Here's a link to a car repair advice page. Scroll down and you'll see a link to a repair cost estimator.

http://www.aa1car.com/library/auto_repair_costs

Good luck!
M

ms_boo_dreadful Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:05 pm

thank you! im thinking the bearings are ok for the moment... might just need a good dose of grease and ill replace them later... not all together posative. but im thinking....possibly... toyota might have made several years with the same hub assembly. if so i dont think it will be nearly as big a deal. i would prefer to fix it my self (i hate trusting my car to a mechanic!) but im thinking it might require specialized tools that i dont have....

Zwack Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:21 am

If you have an autozone nearby they will lend you specialised tools for free (I'm not entirely sure on the details of this deal, I think you needed to provide them a deposit and they return it when you return the tool)...

I hope that this helps,

Z.

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