VICTORY IS MINE!! Mike 1: Bearing 0

[smithma7 at gmail.com (Mike Smith)]

It was on-the-car.  Here's a page with pic and info.  Really cool tool.

http://www.blauparts.com/tools/wheelb.htm

What is shown is exactly what I rented from Adirondac.

On 7/2/05, Foxx (in a box) <foxxinabox@wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>  >Well, the bearing kit w/ rented tool arrived yesterday form the boys
>  >in NY.  I hit Dan's house about 7:45 am this morning.  was removing
>  >the tire 5 minutes later.  5 hours later, I had the new bearing in and
>  >everything put back together.  And, Se?or Weasel Salado, I DID IT
>  >MYSELF!  With the exception of removing the two circlips. I hate them
>  >all.  I think they are my natural enemy.  Although replacing the one
>  >in the back after putting the new bearing and hub back in was
>  >surprisingly easy.
> 
>    congratulations. nothing better than hearing...nothing when driving
> down the road. i'm curious, was this and on-the-car or off-the-car tool?
> i bought an on-the-car one from harbor freight for $8X dollars after
> being told it would be $20 per hub IF i were to remove it from the car
> and take it somewhere. i had to do four so, you do the math. only thing
> i had to get that didn't come with the kit were bolts for the hubs for
> removal, but those were taken care of with a couple mkiv sub-frame
> bolts. and, i agree, it is nice to do something other than oil changes
> for a while.
> 
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Mike
'86 red 16v (Red 5)