How much to replace a wheel bearing?

skellyjohn · Post by **skellyjohn** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:51 am

I've just forked out £148 to replace the front nearside bearing. I can't remember it being so expensive in the past and it was just my local garage that done the job. Thoughts?

Post by **Shug** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:00 pm

Free ball-gag?

Have to think that's a bit of an ouch.. Parts cost is about £20. That means £128 in labour (and VAT, of course) to take off a wheel undo 4 (from memory) bolts - another 2 for the brake caliper, take off a circlip, press out one bearing and press the other one in. Then reassemble. Absolute worst case scenario, with garage tools, it's 2 hours. So £64 an hour labour?

robin · Post by **robin** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:36 pm

Plus two hours for every single bolt being seized if it's a sheddy old S1

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:51 pm

IIRC I paid £60 for each side last time.

Post by **Shug** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:53 pm

robin wrote:Plus two hours for every single bolt being seized if it's a sheddy old S1

"Garage tools" - never seen a spanner monkey waste more than 2 minutes on a seized bolt before the drill comes out

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:49 pm

done in the urkin - but its not that easy a job for the DIYer

Stewart · Post by **Stewart** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:55 pm

I think the last wheel bearing I bought nearly two years ago was £43. Also the job can be a PITA so £148 whilst not cheap could well be the true cost to the garage.

Post by **Shug** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:00 pm

Stewart wrote:I think the last wheel bearing I bought nearly two years ago was £43.

Was it Gold plated? Seriously though, anywhere with a trade account can get them for £20 - it's a standard Timken part number.

Matelotman · Post by **Matelotman** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:19 pm

I bought a bearing for about £20, stripped the hub off myself and my local garage pressed it for £10

philthy · Post by **philthy** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:24 pm

Thats not all that bad to be honest, I paid 25 for the bearing than took the hub to a garage to be be pressed in for 20.

tut · Post by **tut** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:53 pm

No prob with my two sheddies.

Lost count of the number of times that Robin has replaced my wheel bearings at the side of the road/Hotel car parks, in Spain/France/Switzerland/Austria/Italy etc, either pressed them out and in with his thumbs, or called a local yokel who turned up in his 2CV van, took the hub away, then returned before we had sunk a couple of beers and charged a few shekels.

Ball joints and suspension mounts even easier.

tut

kpb · Post by **kpb** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:53 pm

Shug wrote:
Stewart wrote:I think the last wheel bearing I bought nearly two years ago was £43.
Was it Gold plated? Seriously though, anywhere with a trade account can get them for £20 - it's a standard Timken part number.

Do you know the part number (Timken) as I need two bearing and I can get them from ABC or Scotts bearings
Cheers
Kinnon

Matelotman · Post by **Matelotman** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:25 pm

I got mine from this boy - quick delivery, no probs and part is a Timken part

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOTUS-ELISE-FRONT ... 240%3A1318

Post by **Shug** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:06 am

kpb wrote:
Shug wrote:
Stewart wrote:I think the last wheel bearing I bought nearly two years ago was £43.
Was it Gold plated? Seriously though, anywhere with a trade account can get them for £20 - it's a standard Timken part number.
Do you know the part number (Timken) as I need two bearing and I can get them from ABC or Scotts bearings
Cheers
Kinnon

Timkin JRM3938A

Taken from the sticky post at the top of this forum entitled "Part Numbers"

kpb · Post by **kpb** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:22 pm

Thanks for that Shug, note to self learn to use the forum correctly

I have ordered two from ebay £19.99 each +£6.90 post as Matelotman advised.
Thanks to all
Cheers
Kinnon

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