<VV> Rear wheel bearings

[Jason Cesana]

Chuck with that amount of miles on the car I would consider changing them now before they start to go with your daughter driving the car full time. Mine started to go just after 90000. I just got rebuilt axles from the Corvair Ranch. One hour later I was cruising to a show!      Good luck

Jason Cesana
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On Jan 7, 2012, at 10:45 AM, "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> '63. 50 years old car. And you're loaning it to your daughter in college.
> 140 miles away. I cringe.
> 
> When my daughter went to James Madison (early '90s), I got her a nice used
> '84 Century...and I worried then.
> 
> 
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> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 10:05 AM
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> 
> Friends,
>    In the 19 years I've owned it, my 63 Monza has never been driven
> more
> than about 20 miles from home and back. Next week I'll be driving it
> (one way) about 140 miles to my daughter's college, where she'll drive
> it for the next 2-3 years. I'm not aware of any problems in any of its
> components, but I'm a little nervous about whether the rear wheel
> bearings might have a problem with 140 miles of highway speed (I-64 in
> Virginia). As far as I know, they're the original bearings on the car.
> The car has, very roughly, about 85,000 miles on the clock. My question
> to you is whether those tricky bearings give you any sort of early
> warning that they're about to fail, or whether they tend to give up the
> ghost catastrophically and leave you suddenly riding on the backing
> plates with no brakes at all. I've heard some spooky stories about this
> and need to know what to expect. In particular, is there anything at all
> I can check before I take this trip?
> 
> For what it's worth, the car always passes the annual safety inspection
> in Virginia, and they check the running gear pretty thoroughly, but I
> don't know if their checks are capable of detecting potential problems
> in the rear bearings.
> 
> Your comments, ideas, and suggestions will be most welcome, as always.
> 
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> 
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