Mr DJ

hi there - i am a new owner of a used Audi97 A4 1.8T. My friend who owns a
1.8T 99 Passat advised me this is a good ng for advice on VW and Audi cars.
Recently ive been hearing a high pitched sound coming from my rear wheel
while doing about 100kmh on the highway. I live in Toronto and needed to
know anyone elses best advice for the following :

1. The best price for an estimate at any Audi dealership in Toronto or GTA

2. What the sound could be - please dont say wheel bearings - they arent
covered by my warranty (

3. what the cost of a wheel bearing job would be with parts n labor.

I understand that audi dealerships that really know their stuff are hard to
come by so if anyone has advice on places that 100% do not rip u off please
let me know. thanx

sTINGRAY

"Mr DJ" <hitman247@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> hi there - i am a new owner of a used Audi97 A4 1.8T. My friend who owns a
> 1.8T 99 Passat advised me this is a good ng for advice on VW and Audi
cars.
> Recently ive been hearing a high pitched sound coming from my rear wheel
> while doing about 100kmh on the highway. I live in Toronto and needed to
> know anyone elses best advice for the following :
>
> 1. The best price for an estimate at any Audi dealership in Toronto or GTA
>
> 2. What the sound could be - please dont say wheel bearings - they
arent
> covered by my warranty (
>
> 3. what the cost of a wheel bearing job would be with parts n labor.
>
> I understand that audi dealerships that really know their stuff are hard
to
> come by so if anyone has advice on places that 100% do not rip u off
please
> let me know. thanx
>
>
>
wheel bearing

Mr DJ

stingray - do u have any other suggestions? like if there is a cost u know
of on average for labor? because i was thinking of buying the parts on the
net.


"sTINGRAY" <stray22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Mr DJ" <hitman247@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:8970634fe6fe7e43cd23299cf9126747@news.teranew s.com...
> > hi there - i am a new owner of a used Audi97 A4 1.8T. My friend who owns
a
> > 1.8T 99 Passat advised me this is a good ng for advice on VW and Audi
> cars.
> > Recently ive been hearing a high pitched sound coming from my rear wheel
> > while doing about 100kmh on the highway. I live in Toronto and needed to
> > know anyone elses best advice for the following :
> >
> > 1. The best price for an estimate at any Audi dealership in Toronto or
GTA
> >
> > 2. What the sound could be - please dont say wheel bearings - they
> arent
> > covered by my warranty (
> >
> > 3. what the cost of a wheel bearing job would be with parts n labor.
> >
> > I understand that audi dealerships that really know their stuff are hard
> to
> > come by so if anyone has advice on places that 100% do not rip u off
> please
> > let me know. thanx
> >
> >
> >
> wheel bearing
>
>

Imorital

My bill for 2 front bearings was £350 done at StAlbans Audi, UK.

Cheers
Matt.


"Mr DJ" <hitman247@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> stingray - do u have any other suggestions? like if there is a cost u know
> of on average for labor? because i was thinking of buying the parts on the
> net.
>
>
> "sTINGRAY" <stray22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bnm6ec$135rv9$1@ID-89874.news.uni-berlin.de...
> >
> > "Mr DJ" <hitman247@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:8970634fe6fe7e43cd23299cf9126747@news.teranew s.com...
> > > hi there - i am a new owner of a used Audi97 A4 1.8T. My friend who
owns
> a
> > > 1.8T 99 Passat advised me this is a good ng for advice on VW and Audi
> > cars.
> > > Recently ive been hearing a high pitched sound coming from my rear
wheel
> > > while doing about 100kmh on the highway. I live in Toronto and needed
to
> > > know anyone elses best advice for the following :
> > >
> > > 1. The best price for an estimate at any Audi dealership in Toronto or
> GTA
> > >
> > > 2. What the sound could be - please dont say wheel bearings - they
> > arent
> > > covered by my warranty (
> > >
> > > 3. what the cost of a wheel bearing job would be with parts n labor.
> > >
> > > I understand that audi dealerships that really know their stuff are
hard
> > to
> > > come by so if anyone has advice on places that 100% do not rip u off
> > please
> > > let me know. thanx
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > wheel bearing
> >
> >
>
>

Ron

"Imorital" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> My bill for 2 front bearings was £350 done at StAlbans Audi, UK.
>
> Cheers
> Matt.
>
>
> "Mr DJ" <hitman247@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:5d576cef180a148a906e48771dd70c7c@news.teranew s.com...
> > stingray - do u have any other suggestions? like if there is a cost u
know
> > of on average for labor? because i was thinking of buying the parts on
the
> > net.
> >
> >
> > "sTINGRAY" <stray22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:bnm6ec$135rv9$1@ID-89874.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > >
> > > "Mr DJ" <hitman247@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:8970634fe6fe7e43cd23299cf9126747@news.teranew s.com...
> > > > hi there - i am a new owner of a used Audi97 A4 1.8T. My friend who
> owns
> > a
> > > > 1.8T 99 Passat advised me this is a good ng for advice on VW and
Audi
> > > cars.
> > > > Recently ive been hearing a high pitched sound coming from my rear
> wheel
> > > > while doing about 100kmh on the highway. I live in Toronto and
needed
> to
> > > > know anyone elses best advice for the following :
> > > >
> > > > 1. The best price for an estimate at any Audi dealership in Toronto
or
> > GTA
> > > >
> > > > 2. What the sound could be - please dont say wheel bearings -
they
> > > arent
> > > > covered by my warranty (
> > > >
> > > > 3. what the cost of a wheel bearing job would be with parts n labor.
> > > >
> > > > I understand that audi dealerships that really know their stuff are
> hard
> > > to
> > > > come by so if anyone has advice on places that 100% do not rip u off
> > > please
> > > > let me know. thanx
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > wheel bearing
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>

Rear wheel bearings are more expensive to do than front's<quattro>, budget
£150.00 per side and do both at the same time, if you do only 1 you will
hear the other one within 1000miles, so get em both done.

Thats about $550 of your canadian dollar's about
<thats if its a Quattro>

If its a Front wheel drive 1.8T it will be cheaper I would imagine.

Ron

JPF

Your service facility may not like your parts.
A bearing lists for $70-ish USD.
You can get them cheaper
Flat rate labor is 1.5 hours


On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 16:51:02 GMT, "Mr DJ" <hitman247@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>stingray - do u have any other suggestions? like if there is a cost u know
>of on average for labor? because i was thinking of buying the parts on the
>net.
>

JPF

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 19:02:31 GMT, "Ron" <ron@ron11.com> wrote:


>
>Rear wheel bearings are more expensive to do than front's<quattro>, budget
>£150.00 per side and do both at the same time, if you do only 1 you will
>hear the other one within 1000miles, so get em both done.

I disagree. My experience does not show this at all. The right rear
(US, LHD) is the predominant bearing that fails. I have not done many
lefts
You wonky folks on the wrong side of the road may see a different
pattern.

>>.Snip<<


>Ron
>

Ron

"JPF" <frickjp@zzzzzzzzzzzz.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 19:02:31 GMT, "Ron" <ron@ron11.com> wrote:
>
>
> >
> >Rear wheel bearings are more expensive to do than front's<quattro>,
budget
> >£150.00 per side and do both at the same time, if you do only 1 you will
> >hear the other one within 1000miles, so get em both done.
>
> I disagree. My experience does not show this at all. The right rear
> (US, LHD) is the predominant bearing that fails. I have not done many
> lefts
> You wonky folks on the wrong side of the road may see a different
> pattern.
>
> >>.Snip<<
>
>

My Right bearing was the first to go at 110k miles, the next one went, or
should I say started hearing it, about 200 miles after..

It's false economy to only have one done imo, as you only have to book the
car in and go through the pain of borrowing a loaner, getting to work etc.

Unless you are short of money. I tend to replace everyhting in pairs anyway.

Ron

Chris Mauritz

JPF wrote:

> Your service facility may not like your parts.
> A bearing lists for $70-ish USD.
> You can get them cheaper
> Flat rate labor is 1.5 hours
>
>
> On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 16:51:02 GMT, "Mr DJ" <hitman247@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>stingray - do u have any other suggestions? like if there is a cost u know
>>of on average for labor? because i was thinking of buying the parts on the
>>net.
>>
>
>

If it's a FWD car (non-quattro) it's not that big of a deal to change
the bearings. You take the brake caliper off, remove the rotor, punch
out the old bearing, pack new bearing with grease, press new bearing
races in place, replace bearing and reassemble. It's a bit more of a
pain in the *** if it's a quattro.

cheers,

C

Ron

"Chris Mauritz" <ritz@mordor.net> wrote in message
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> JPF wrote:
>
> > Your service facility may not like your parts.
> > A bearing lists for $70-ish USD.
> > You can get them cheaper
> > Flat rate labor is 1.5 hours
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 16:51:02 GMT, "Mr DJ" <hitman247@hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>stingray - do u have any other suggestions? like if there is a cost u
know
> >>of on average for labor? because i was thinking of buying the parts on
the
> >>net.
> >>
> >
> >
>
> If it's a FWD car (non-quattro) it's not that big of a deal to change
> the bearings. You take the brake caliper off, remove the rotor, punch
> out the old bearing, pack new bearing with grease, press new bearing
> races in place, replace bearing and reassemble. It's a bit more of a
> pain in the *** if it's a quattro.
>
> cheers,
>
> C
>

Yeah Damn drive shafts

Ron