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Re: Is this something i can do?



Idealy, this is exactly what i would do. 
Unfortunately, i'm a poor college student with little,
to no money right now, so i'm forced to bend over and
take it from the shop.   :(

p.s.  They aren't very gentle!

Pepe


--- Dave Ewing <rabbit16v@prodigy.net> wrote:
> I recently bought a $100 press to do just this. 
> Then I don't have to pay
> anyone to do it, I can do as many as I want (even
> make money doing for other
> people) and since I have done the bearings dozens of
> times, it is pretty
> easy to disassemble/reassemble without messing with
> the alignment (pretty
> easy).  No offense to Chris, but I hate the
> on-the-car tool plus it is about
> $250 to $300 (probably get it cheaper used or
> something).  If you plan on
> having your car for a while, get the stuff to keep
> it running and stop
> over-paying others and put the difference back into
> your car!!
> 
> Dave
> 
> > Let me give you a little background on my problem.
> > I'm a college student with only basic tools.  I
> have
> > hardly any access to other people's tools because
> most
> > of the people i know are college students too and
> they
> > don't have tools either.
> >
> > My Scirocco needs new front axel bearings, and i
> > wasn't sure if i was able to do the job with the
> tools
> > i have.
> >
> > For those of you have already done this, do you
> need
> > any tools (specialized) to complete the job?  Is
> this
> > something i could do myself or should i just take
> it
> > to a local shop?
> >
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