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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 01:41 PM
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2000 FRC has 51k miles. I think one of the front bearing is bad. Has anyone had their bearing gone bad at such low mileage?

When I am driving more than 30mph and turn right, the car makes power steering vibration noise like. Only when I trun right. I am thinking of changing the hub bearing. Those anyone here know of any detail instruction on how to replace it. Thanks in advance.
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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 09:22 PM
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look on LS1howto.com or something like that get it from autozone.com they are the cheapest and are OEM Timken. dealer will rape you. Front is not that hard you have to pop the ball joint and you will need a #55 trox which a decent auto supply has or a well stocked sears.
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 01:31 PM
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I agree with the Autozone Timken bearings. I had to replace 2 of mine when I slid sideways into a curb about 3 years ago. So far so good....
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John and Eric, Thanks for the info.!!
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 12:51 PM
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i've done a bunch of these, yes the can fail @ 50k miles
have a 21mm wrench and 6mm allen socket for the lower ball joint
http://www.jakelatham.com/C5/misc/

i'm sure there's someone in FW willing to help you out
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