Originally Posted by UG_Passat
Originally Posted by benjy
todays COSTLY wheel bearing hubs have poor reliability at best, but as noted some are better, but why the costly change?? when my 2001 Jetta need front wheel bearings at 150 thou the coat was under a hundred for all necessary parts, BUT its more of a pro install then a usually easier Hub change. look at a simple taillight lens of years gone by, a few screws + a few bucks, today its a costly single unit, not just the lens $$$ it STINKS!!!
A few years later, in the MKV's they greatly improved the design to where it is much easier to change.
It's bolted onto the wheel bearing housing with 4 bolts
I think almost every macpherson strut car has press in bearings, I was watching a video for a hub tool from around the early 90s and the mid 80s cars they were working on had them. They aren't that expensive to install, the FWD bearing service kit is like $115 CAD for a good one and all you need other than that are snap ring pliers. You can do it without power tools, although I wouldn't, lol.
It's the ones that have the wheel speed sensor in the hub like a GMT800 that are expensive and pre-bailout GM. The hub for those are like $300 a side and you know a lot of them have larger wheels and tires than they came with. Wait until VW puts the VSS in that easy-to-replace hub.