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Re: Estate Passenger Side Wheel Bearing
« Reply #15 on: 17 December 2016, 14:48:28 »
Quote from: 106pete on 16 December 2016, 10:24:22
My bearing had no play at all but made a hell of a drone from the rear


It's a easy job if you know what ur doin and have the right kit  :y

That is my problem.
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Re: Estate Passenger Side Wheel Bearing
« Reply #16 on: 17 December 2016, 14:49:05 »
Quote from: Lazydocker on 17 December 2016, 07:18:14
I had no play at all in mine but the bearing was dry as a nun's... It had been droning for several months and had gotten so noisy you couldn't hold a conversation without shouting!

Good news, I've got a few weeks of life yet then  :y
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Re: Estate Passenger Side Wheel Bearing
« Reply #17 on: 17 December 2016, 14:55:53 »
I find they last longer the louder I play the music. ::)
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Re: Estate Passenger Side Wheel Bearing
« Reply #18 on: 17 December 2016, 18:03:23 »
Quote from: Lazydocker on 17 December 2016, 07:18:14
I had no play at all in mine but the bearing was dry as a nun's... It had been droning for several months and had gotten so noisy you couldn't hold a conversation without shouting!


Mine moaned like a wife for months until I could be bothered to change it.
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Re: Estate Passenger Side Wheel Bearing
« Reply #19 on: 20 December 2016, 21:53:36 »
Well I have the bearing now - anyone anywhere near Dorset able to help? All the local garages here seem to not really want to do it so all coming out at £300 +

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Re: Estate Passenger Side Wheel Bearing
« Reply #20 on: 20 December 2016, 21:57:49 »
Quote from: steve6367 on 20 December 2016, 21:53:36
Well I have the bearing now - anyone anywhere near Dorset able to help? All the local garages here seem to not really want to do it so all coming out at £300 +

 ???
maybe ask this member
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=17310

looks like he got tools for job  :y
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Re: Estate Passenger Side Wheel Bearing
« Reply #21 on: 20 December 2016, 22:47:39 »
I wouldn't use him, he's a lazy git  :y
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Re: Estate Passenger Side Wheel Bearing
« Reply #22 on: 21 December 2016, 05:33:36 »
Quote from: Nick W on 17 December 2016, 18:03:23
Quote from: Lazydocker on 17 December 2016, 07:18:14
I had no play at all in mine but the bearing was dry as a nun's... It had been droning for several months and had gotten so noisy you couldn't hold a conversation without shouting!


Mine moaned like a wife for months until I could be bothered to change it.
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Its easier and cheaper to change a bearing,than a wife.
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