My 2003 Corolla has been making some growling noise for about 9 months and getting worse. Buddy of mine said it was a wheel bearing. I jacked it up and did the diagnostic by trying to pull the tires to see if they wiggle. None of them wiggle. Took it to a local tire and repair shop about 5 months ago. They said the wheel bearings all were fine and it might be the tires but the tires looked fine so.... come and get and take it home no charge. Took it to another shop yesterday and they diagnosed a rear wheel bearing. They also said it needs valve cover gasket, rear brake shoes, and new rotors. I bought new rotors 2 years ago but never installed them. Changed my brake pads last month and the rotors seemed fine but they seem to have warped since I installed the new pads.
Changing a bearing seemed a bit daunting to me so I had the shop do it. $300. I changed out my valve cover gasket and rotors today. Both were pretty easy to do. The rotors just took a lot of sledge hammer hits to loosen up.
Been studying how to replace rear brake shoes and I'm intimidated. Looks very easy to screw that up with all the springs and clips and whatnots. Is it as hard as it looks?
Here is a picture of the valve tops.
Changing a bearing seemed a bit daunting to me so I had the shop do it. $300. I changed out my valve cover gasket and rotors today. Both were pretty easy to do. The rotors just took a lot of sledge hammer hits to loosen up.
Been studying how to replace rear brake shoes and I'm intimidated. Looks very easy to screw that up with all the springs and clips and whatnots. Is it as hard as it looks?
Here is a picture of the valve tops.