wheel bearing gone?

[flegz16]

hi, im getting quite a loud rumblering noise coming from either the back or front of my car when im slowing down. one of my mates who is a tyre fitting reckons its a wheel bearing that has gone. if that is the case how much will it cost to get it fixed?

cheers

 

[dionbee93]

Hi mate, just bought myself a wheel bearing for my 1.2 for the MOT it cost me around £45 from the motor factors.
It is a press fit bearing though, so you will need it pressed into place at a garage or similar place.

Dion!

 

[flegz16]

cheers mate

 

[dionbee93]

cheers mate

No worries!

 

[RUM4MO]

I might be wrong here, but I think that quite a lot of car manufacturers actually sell the bearing already fitted into a new hub, reason being, at dealer hourly rates, its cheaper for the customer to do it this way. There will aways be motor factors that will sell bearing assembles by them selves, but I can't comment on what the end cost is - ie "bearing + removal/refitting to old hub" versus "bearing and hub assembly". A lot of the time the extra risk is that the hubs nowadays are not as over engineered as in the dark distant past, so even slight abuse when removing/fitting the new bearing will crack or damage the hub - so the repair cost spirals up!

 

[DEAN0]

I might be wrong here, but I think that quite a lot of car manufacturers actually sell the bearing already fitted into a new hub, reason being, at dealer hourly rates, its cheaper for the customer to do it this way. There will aways be motor factors that will sell bearing assembles by them selves, but I can't comment on what the end cost is - ie "bearing + removal/refitting to old hub" versus "bearing and hub assembly". A lot of the time the extra risk is that the hubs nowadays are not as over engineered as in the dark distant past, so even slight abuse when removing/fitting the new bearing will crack or damage the hub - so the repair cost spirals up!

The wheel bearing/hub assembly on the ibiza also contains the ABS sensor ring.
Make sure you dont damage it when fitting it or the ABS wont work.