Originally posted by PeteVX
Bob, great link...looks like way too much work for me thouhgh!

wouldnt it be better to just leave then and replace them when they wear out, i mean 90% of the cost of this service has to be labor, why not wait till they start making noise then just replace them?

Or instead of repacking them at 40,000 wait till 80 or 100,000 and just put new ones in.


or am i missing something

Pete
What you are missing is that the bearings aren't a sealed unit. They control the wobble of the front tires (or lack there of, if adjusted properly) and the damage done once a bearing seized up would not be cheap. Spindle, axle shaft, drive flange, rotor, hub, etc etc etc.

And at 245k miles the set on my 88 Trooper was still going strong.

-Tad