"GRUMPY, my friend showed me that my front wheel bearing on my 1985 corvette was starting to wear out, so obviously I'll need to replace it, any suggestions"
theres a strong tendency to look for the best "DEAL"
be aware of the quality of the components you select, there are several merchants that advertise a great deal based on lower prices,
who generally deal in the lower and mid range quality products,
and their goal seems too be a low price volume discount supply house.
now Ive seen a few good deals, over the years but keep in mind,
youll generally find discount price parts, use lower quality components or,
less extensive precision machine work, or imported components or a combination of those factors to reduce price.
now I'm not picking on the lower price parts suppliers, they certainly have a place in the economy and hobby.
I use rockauto and advanced auto, walmart and several other suppliers,
if I need too ,but I generally know the parts and use name brands not cheaper import clones.
remember thats frequently a very noticeable difference in quality, in similar components,
you may pay more for name brand parts and at times the higher cost is not justified in my opinion,
but many of the better known brands do tend to have better quality control and R&D
I would suggest you do research and avoid using the lowest cost import parts like bearings, brakes, and suspension parts ,
as Ive seen horrendous quality control on some import component examples
but price is not the important factor in replacing a component that could very easily get you killed if it failed catastrophically while driving,
you damn sure don,t want to even consider installing the least expensive bearing you can find, as these are highly stressed components
this is a job easily done , in your garage or even your drive way if you have a decent set of jack stands and a floor jack, obviously it helps to have a factory shop manual
and looking up the instructions and having the required tools also helps , access with the car up on the 12 ton rated jack stands,
I frequently advise using, is rather easy.
shop carefully theres a bunch of cheap and almost factory defective quality level bearings being imported so don,t shop on price alone go with a decent name brand.
be aware many over the counter corvette compatible wheel bearings are re-boxed import crap quality, insist on a major name brand like AC-DELCO, MOOG, TIMKEN
warranty - moog 36 months, timkin ,AC-DELCO, 12 months
http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/you-need-decent-jack-stands.672/#post-28211
http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/floor-jacks.969/#post-72522
http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/front-wheel-bearing-gone-bad.7679/
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...-about-the-intelligence-of-some-people.14815/
you can get a decent price on quality components
http://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...&+wheel+hub,wheel+bearing+&+hub+assembly,1636
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...4-and-c3-corvette-wheel-bearing-related.3544/
http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/upgrading-the-suspension-on-a-c-4.483/
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...eck-and-or-replace-u-joints.12226/#post-59545
https://www.ecklerscorvette.com/wheels-and-tires/wheel-bearings-and-related.html?cat=1362&ea_a=&ea_bc=&ea_c=wheels-and-tires_wheel-bearings-and-related.html&ea_path=-ymm%3d%271996%7eCHEVROLET%7eCORVETTE%27/wheels-and-tires.html&gclid=EAIaIQobChMItcOZnOnw2AIVSbjACh23ggYqEAMYASAAEgIrGPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
https://www.ecklerscorvette.com/corvette-front-wheel-bearing-replacement-1984-1990.html
http://www.zip-corvette.com/84-96-c4/suspension-drivetrain/corvette-wheel-bearings.html
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