BrooklynMark8
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what could I expect to be the cost of a shop replacing the rear bearings and seals on my car. if labor is $50 per hour?
Funny story with that. I brought it in before carlisle, and asked them to check. "I'm pretty sure the left rear is going out." They couldn't find a thing. After the show, I brought it in for an alignment, and sure enough, they noticed.
This happened to my several times on my Mazda 6 that I had. It was like clock work almost, at 150k or so each wheel bearing went out one by one. My mechanic thought I was crazy to ask for them to be replaced because he couldn't hear them, but you get used to how your car "should sound".
One of my wheel bearing went out so fast my mechanic called to ask if I had driven the car there or if it was towed....because it was so bad.
On the Mazda (I know a totally different car) it was just under $300 for each wheel bearing, I would think it would be in the same ball park for a Mark.
If you go to the Panoz site on Ebay you can get new axles and rear knuckles complete with new bearings for cheaper than what he quoted you. The bearings are only about $30 it is the labor getting the knuckles off. Don't forget to get new axle nuts also.
Agreed. check the connections at the battery. perhaps they just need to be cleaned or tightened? Would the shop have disconnected it as part of procedure when working on your bearings, and forgotten to tighten it?