I replaced wheel bearing on Subaru dime at 100k then at 190k again . Not sure if pat but a Subaru specialist who knew parts. I sold with 240k no more failures.
I always do both as a mechanic that is what I have always found is best considering last time I replaced just one bearing the car came back two weeks later and the other side was bad and in the end the customer ended up paying more for doing one each time then if she would have done both together like I recommended. I have also been told if it has two or more do them all. But it’s really a matter of opinion usually.
Yes at my shop they will take off on the labor some if you get a pair of something changed like we were going to do both at the same time for about $580 it costed her almost $700 getting each side done separate if I was the boss I would of agreed to do it so it would of added up the same but she got charged for two separate times so didn’t get a break on the labor. So in the long run it was cheaper to do both by about $100Why did two bearings cost more? I guess you could charge half an hour more for raising and lowering the vehicle another time, but none of the work done for one side helps do the other side, right? Unless you mean that you would have offered a discount to perform both at the same time.
In my case, I’ll be attempting to do it myself. Even if I pay my trusted mechanic, he says there’s no savings doing both at the same time - it’s double the cost of doing one.
If it aint broke- don't fix it
Just for specifics, you say he recommended to replace both BEARINGS not hubs so to be clear he was recommending you replace both hubs?
If so, I see no reason or benefit to replace a functioning component with another functioning component
That is a risk-benefit analysis that depends upon model, age and perhaps some other factors. For most TB setups, doing the water pump is like 5 minutes more work, on top of a what, 5 hour job on average? for an item that all too often doesn't make it to the second timing belt job. Ergo, the risk-benefit ratio works out for replacing.But what about people who do the water pump when doing timing belts?
But what about people who do the water pump when doing timing belts?
@suptonAt the end of the day, "proactive replacement" ( defined as replacing a used serviceable component with a new serviceable component) is a risk/value/cost decision- not a maintenance or engineering one.
Right but I'm saying the same logic could be applied to bearings. Depending on the age of use of the vehicle, you might as well replace it right then and there because if one is on the way out, the other is probably not far behind.
This as opposed to having to come back, put it on a rack, and spend even more time and money later.
absolutely
After having read all of the comments and thinking about it, I disagree with OppositeLock. Unless you truncated your true answer of, “absolutely not” or were just being agreeable.