Wheel Bearing replacement?
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Wheel Bearing replacement?
Well, in my journey for the ever elusive soultion to the front wheel "scutter", "trammel" and camber issues, I stumbled across an MB mechanic that says I need new front wheel bearings.
I searched, but could not find proper information. What are these and can I do them myslef or do I need s shop to properly torque them?
I searched, but could not find proper information. What are these and can I do them myslef or do I need s shop to properly torque them?
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Originally Posted by mmgrad
you need to remove the rotors to access the wheel bearings (i think)...
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Originally Posted by str8ridin
eh, sounds like a pain. BUt if they say they are out, then I guess they are out. Is this a common problem with the CLK's? I only have 60K miles.
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I did the front wheel bearins on my 99 cabrio clk last summer. Keep in mind it only had 25k on it at the time. U can usually tighten out a little play by removing the bearing cap and undoing the 6mm allen key and tightening the race adjustment a smidge until it dissapears. BUt if they are noisy and scracthy feeling when u turn the wheel, just replace them.
There is an inner and outer bearing, and when u replace them u need to destroy the oil seal so u need one of those 2..
I bought them from my local mechanic and it was 44 dollars per side (2 bearings and oil seal).
If you can change ur brake pads u can do this, just remove the rotor and the whole spindle hub comes right off in one piece.
There is an inner and outer bearing, and when u replace them u need to destroy the oil seal so u need one of those 2..
I bought them from my local mechanic and it was 44 dollars per side (2 bearings and oil seal).
If you can change ur brake pads u can do this, just remove the rotor and the whole spindle hub comes right off in one piece.
