WTK: Bearing 2003 protege

[nareshseep]

Hey guys looking for the bearings for the rear for my girlfriend 2003 SDM sedan protege, went to price it and people told me that you have to buy the entire hub for ~$300. apparently I think this is causing the rear tyre to wear unevenly, apart from faulty shocks (this what the alignment people told her) you guys have any ideas what may cause this uneven wear.

naresh

[cinco]

the shocks would have caused the bearing to fail
jack up the car put down the hand brake and spin the wheel if you find it hard to move or sounding like grit in it then its the bearing
you can change the bearing alone in the rear but you better off changing the hub IMHO

[Strugglerzinc]

if it can be changed, you can never be better off buying a used hub IMHO

[cinco]

i eh say buy used hub eh
thats like buying used brakes

[FullStop]

i hope the alignment ppl is not masterserv...see if changing the shocks solves the problem first, bad shocks can cause uneven tire wear, i was getting some of that, but changing the shocks solved that problem.

[Strugglerzinc]

i eh say buy used hub eh
thats like buying used brakes

sorry was not referin to you Cinco

original post said whole hub for $300 so chances are it not new. If that is new price then by all means change the whole dam ting.

[nareshseep]

Thanks for the info guys. The people tell me its the substitute hub, and I not into buying substitute parts.. a friend of mines told me the bearings I can get at Lange in chaguanas. What the normal price for a brand new hub?

[phreakazoid]

Faulty shocks will cause uneven wear.. a kinda in and out bumpy wear pattern!

[nareshseep]

^^ confirmed, check the mechanic saturday, its the shocks, looking for kayaba all over no one has in stock. before i head to the bobby, any place have it in stock right now?

[nareshseep]

ok well ah get the shocks by M & N, kAYABA Excel G, heard a talk of a korean kayaba remarketed as japanese japanese kayaba, any truth to this?