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From: hakanson@orstcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Car Service Info Needed -- Oregon - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 1-Oct-83 03:46:24 EDT
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orstcs!hakanson    Sep 28 21:53:00 1983

In case you were wondering why I don't do the front wheelbearing repack
myself, even though I do know how and have done front bearings before...

According to the service manual I got from Dodge for my 1980 Colt,
and this is probably true for other front-drive cars, when you repack
the front wheel bearings, you also disassemble the drive-shafts and
all four of those constant-velocity (CV, or "u") joints at the same
time that you pull the hubs and clean, check, and repack the bearings.
The CV joint bearings have to be maintained at the same interval as
the front wheel bearings.

These CV joints are such a crucial and vulnerable part of the drivetrain
that I want someone to do the work who is qualified, and will pay if
they foul it up.  In fact, I'm not all that certain that the Dodge
people who did it last time actually took care of the drive-shafts.
When I first went in, they said that the bearings are sealed & don't need
to be repacked.  Of course, they had my Japanese Dodge mixed up with
the American ones, the fools.  I get nervous having them work on
my car (this is the Dodge dealer in Roseburg), but at least they have
to take care of any problems they cause.

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