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Re: Ping Ray - the sequel
On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 01:08:28 -0500, "Ray O"
<rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
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>"Wickeddoll" <wickeddoll1958noeffingspam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:eavui5.344.1@news.evilcabal.org...
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>>> Bad bearings - need replacement at $500!
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>>>> *sigh* so much for the extra income from my second job...
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>>>> Natalie
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>>> If you get service department mailers from your local Toyota dealer, look
>>> for a "customer's choice" xx% off any job. On a bigger job, that can add
>>> up.
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>>> That sounds a little high for wheel bearings, - crying sometimes helps to
>>> get the price down ;-)
>>> --
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>>> Ray O[/color]
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>> They say it's all the bearings and something about 'pressure mount' -
>> Greek to me.
>>
>> Bend over!
>>
>> Natalie
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>The old bearings have to be pressed out of the hub and the new bearings have
>to be pressed back in. As the name of the procedure implies, a press is
>needed to do this, but using a press only takes a few minutes.[/color]
I'm sure it won't make you feel any better....but imagine what the
bill would have been if you had had a Ford....and I bet that same bill
would re occur many times over in the life of the Ford.
--
Scott in Florida
'The Land of the Free because of the Brave'
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