Re: Rear wheel bearings
"Say What?" <NotMe@NotYou.com> wrote in message news:Rttui.1983$qa3.1089@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com... > Wayne L wrote: >> Should the rear wheel bearings on a 2003 Accord be cleaned and re-greased >> every so often? > > That depends. How many kids does your mechanic have in college? > > Hi Say What? Actually I've been doing all of the maintenance and almost all of the repairs on my cars these last 2 score and 4. The sum total of my paid repairs are two rebuilt automatic transmissions, a trip to the dealer for an intermittent sensor problem, which they failed to fix, and the time in 66 when I screwed up my first fuel pump replacement, resulting in a bent push rod. |
Re: Rear wheel bearings
Wayne L wrote:
> "jim beam" <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in message > news:gKadnbTHsq9B4ifbnZ2dnUVZ_rninZ2d@speakeasy.ne t... >> Wayne L wrote: >>> Should the rear wheel bearings on a 2003 Accord be cleaned and re-greased >>> every so often? m Beam! I love your bourbon. It has a mellowing effect on most > people. > > As you know, this is my 2nd post. My 30 Jul 07 post elicited no responses. The THIRD but who's counting? 30 Jul, 7 Aug, 8 Aug |
Re: Rear wheel bearings
Wayne L wrote:
> "jim beam" <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in message > news:gKadnbTHsq9B4ifbnZ2dnUVZ_rninZ2d@speakeasy.ne t... >> Wayne L wrote: >>> Should the rear wheel bearings on a 2003 Accord be cleaned and re-greased >>> every so often? m Beam! I love your bourbon. It has a mellowing effect on most > people. > > As you know, this is my 2nd post. My 30 Jul 07 post elicited no responses. The THIRD but who's counting? 30 Jul, 7 Aug, 8 Aug |
Re: Rear wheel bearings
Wayne L wrote:
> "jim beam" <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in message > news:gKadnbTHsq9B4ifbnZ2dnUVZ_rninZ2d@speakeasy.ne t... >> Wayne L wrote: >>> Should the rear wheel bearings on a 2003 Accord be cleaned and re-greased >>> every so often? m Beam! I love your bourbon. It has a mellowing effect on most > people. > > As you know, this is my 2nd post. My 30 Jul 07 post elicited no responses. The THIRD but who's counting? 30 Jul, 7 Aug, 8 Aug |
Re: Rear wheel bearings
Wayne L wrote:
> "Say What?" <NotMe@NotYou.com> wrote in message > news:Rttui.1983$qa3.1089@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com... >> Wayne L wrote: >>> Should the rear wheel bearings on a 2003 Accord be cleaned and re-greased >>> every so often? >> That depends. How many kids does your mechanic have in college? >> >> > Hi Say What? > > Actually I've been doing all of the maintenance and almost all of the > repairs on my cars these last 2 score and 4. The sum total of my paid > repairs are two rebuilt automatic transmissions, a trip to the dealer for an > intermittent sensor problem, which they failed to fix, and the time in 66 > when I screwed up my first fuel pump replacement, resulting in a bent push > rod. > > you /still/ don't need to touch honda bearings. maintenance is not a recreational activity. |
Re: Rear wheel bearings
Wayne L wrote:
> "Say What?" <NotMe@NotYou.com> wrote in message > news:Rttui.1983$qa3.1089@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com... >> Wayne L wrote: >>> Should the rear wheel bearings on a 2003 Accord be cleaned and re-greased >>> every so often? >> That depends. How many kids does your mechanic have in college? >> >> > Hi Say What? > > Actually I've been doing all of the maintenance and almost all of the > repairs on my cars these last 2 score and 4. The sum total of my paid > repairs are two rebuilt automatic transmissions, a trip to the dealer for an > intermittent sensor problem, which they failed to fix, and the time in 66 > when I screwed up my first fuel pump replacement, resulting in a bent push > rod. > > you /still/ don't need to touch honda bearings. maintenance is not a recreational activity. |
Re: Rear wheel bearings
Wayne L wrote:
> "Say What?" <NotMe@NotYou.com> wrote in message > news:Rttui.1983$qa3.1089@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com... >> Wayne L wrote: >>> Should the rear wheel bearings on a 2003 Accord be cleaned and re-greased >>> every so often? >> That depends. How many kids does your mechanic have in college? >> >> > Hi Say What? > > Actually I've been doing all of the maintenance and almost all of the > repairs on my cars these last 2 score and 4. The sum total of my paid > repairs are two rebuilt automatic transmissions, a trip to the dealer for an > intermittent sensor problem, which they failed to fix, and the time in 66 > when I screwed up my first fuel pump replacement, resulting in a bent push > rod. > > you /still/ don't need to touch honda bearings. maintenance is not a recreational activity. |
Re: Rear wheel bearings
Say What? wrote:
> Wayne L wrote: >> "jim beam" <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in message >> news:gKadnbTHsq9B4ifbnZ2dnUVZ_rninZ2d@speakeasy.ne t... >>> Wayne L wrote: >>>> Should the rear wheel bearings on a 2003 Accord be cleaned and >>>> re-greased >>>> every so often? > m Beam! I love your bourbon. It has a mellowing effect on most >> people. >> >> As you know, this is my 2nd post. My 30 Jul 07 post elicited no >> responses. > > The THIRD but who's counting? 30 Jul, 7 Aug, 8 Aug he just wants someone to tell him to go ahead and do it. we /could/ tell him they're sealed units and can't be disassembled, but that'll take the fun out. |
Re: Rear wheel bearings
Say What? wrote:
> Wayne L wrote: >> "jim beam" <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in message >> news:gKadnbTHsq9B4ifbnZ2dnUVZ_rninZ2d@speakeasy.ne t... >>> Wayne L wrote: >>>> Should the rear wheel bearings on a 2003 Accord be cleaned and >>>> re-greased >>>> every so often? > m Beam! I love your bourbon. It has a mellowing effect on most >> people. >> >> As you know, this is my 2nd post. My 30 Jul 07 post elicited no >> responses. > > The THIRD but who's counting? 30 Jul, 7 Aug, 8 Aug he just wants someone to tell him to go ahead and do it. we /could/ tell him they're sealed units and can't be disassembled, but that'll take the fun out. |
Re: Rear wheel bearings
Say What? wrote:
> Wayne L wrote: >> "jim beam" <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in message >> news:gKadnbTHsq9B4ifbnZ2dnUVZ_rninZ2d@speakeasy.ne t... >>> Wayne L wrote: >>>> Should the rear wheel bearings on a 2003 Accord be cleaned and >>>> re-greased >>>> every so often? > m Beam! I love your bourbon. It has a mellowing effect on most >> people. >> >> As you know, this is my 2nd post. My 30 Jul 07 post elicited no >> responses. > > The THIRD but who's counting? 30 Jul, 7 Aug, 8 Aug he just wants someone to tell him to go ahead and do it. we /could/ tell him they're sealed units and can't be disassembled, but that'll take the fun out. |
Re: Rear wheel bearings
jim beam wrote:
>>> As you know, this is my 2nd post. My 30 Jul 07 post elicited no >>> responses. >> >> The THIRD but who's counting? 30 Jul, 7 Aug, 8 Aug > > > he just wants someone to tell him to go ahead and do it. we /could/ > tell him they're sealed units and can't be disassembled, but that'll > take the fun out. That would be nasty... and mean. It's bad enough that you didn't tell him the short cut method. You know, where you heat the bearing units up with either a MAPP gas torch or gentle application of an oxy-acetylene torch to redistribute the grease and get it back down around the bearings and shaft.. |
Re: Rear wheel bearings
jim beam wrote:
>>> As you know, this is my 2nd post. My 30 Jul 07 post elicited no >>> responses. >> >> The THIRD but who's counting? 30 Jul, 7 Aug, 8 Aug > > > he just wants someone to tell him to go ahead and do it. we /could/ > tell him they're sealed units and can't be disassembled, but that'll > take the fun out. That would be nasty... and mean. It's bad enough that you didn't tell him the short cut method. You know, where you heat the bearing units up with either a MAPP gas torch or gentle application of an oxy-acetylene torch to redistribute the grease and get it back down around the bearings and shaft.. |
Re: Rear wheel bearings
jim beam wrote:
>>> As you know, this is my 2nd post. My 30 Jul 07 post elicited no >>> responses. >> >> The THIRD but who's counting? 30 Jul, 7 Aug, 8 Aug > > > he just wants someone to tell him to go ahead and do it. we /could/ > tell him they're sealed units and can't be disassembled, but that'll > take the fun out. That would be nasty... and mean. It's bad enough that you didn't tell him the short cut method. You know, where you heat the bearing units up with either a MAPP gas torch or gentle application of an oxy-acetylene torch to redistribute the grease and get it back down around the bearings and shaft.. |
Re: Rear wheel bearings
"Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message news:Xns9986D4270250Dtegger@207.14.116.130... > "Wayne L" <wlogsdon@snip.net> wrote in news:af84c$46ba7006$d1cc7c5a$19925 > @snip.allthenewsgroups.com: > >> Should the rear wheel bearings on a 2003 Accord be cleaned and re-greased >> every so often? >> > > > No. Sealed for life. These are not like the old tapered roller bearings > you > may be used to. > > The rear bearings tend to have far longer lives than the front ones. This > is because they are largely shielded from road splash. > > > -- > Tegger > > The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ > www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ Hi Tegger. Thanks for getting back to me. You're the best! Yeah, every other car I've owned, except my wife's 99 Grand Prix, has had the tapered roller bearings with the keyed flat washer, all around, or just the back, and the rule of thumb I used was "clean them out and re-grease every 35K. When I took the dust cap off of the 2003 Accord, it looked similar to the 87 Accord I had...same disposable "peened" nut (I have a half a dozen used ones in the tool box...figured in a pinch they might be usable on the opposite side) but when I saw that instead of a keyed flat washer it had what looked like a sealing sheet metal disk.........I figured I'd better get some info before starting the disassembly. A few weeks ago it popped into my little brain that the Honda had about 61K on it and I had never greased the rear axles. I've seen more than one car on the shoulder with a broken rear axle, probably caused by a red hot bearing. My wife's 99 Grand Prix has an obviously sealed rear axle unit. This is the first car I've owned in a long while that I didn't spring for the whole shop manual set, because I usually kept them until they were ready for the junk yard. I've had dealers tell me they didn't want my trade in. Then I'd tell them "no trade in, no sale", then they would offer $50 and I'd say thankyou, saved me the trouble of getting rid of it :-) But after spending countless Sunday's under the car fixing things, and with Honda's being the most reliable cars I've ever owned, and with just about the lowest recall numbers in the business, I hope to trade this one in and get another in a year or two. BTW, the manuals are up to about $200 for the complete set. Thanks again Tegger Wayne |
Re: Rear wheel bearings
"Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message news:Xns9986D4270250Dtegger@207.14.116.130... > "Wayne L" <wlogsdon@snip.net> wrote in news:af84c$46ba7006$d1cc7c5a$19925 > @snip.allthenewsgroups.com: > >> Should the rear wheel bearings on a 2003 Accord be cleaned and re-greased >> every so often? >> > > > No. Sealed for life. These are not like the old tapered roller bearings > you > may be used to. > > The rear bearings tend to have far longer lives than the front ones. This > is because they are largely shielded from road splash. > > > -- > Tegger > > The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ > www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ Hi Tegger. Thanks for getting back to me. You're the best! Yeah, every other car I've owned, except my wife's 99 Grand Prix, has had the tapered roller bearings with the keyed flat washer, all around, or just the back, and the rule of thumb I used was "clean them out and re-grease every 35K. When I took the dust cap off of the 2003 Accord, it looked similar to the 87 Accord I had...same disposable "peened" nut (I have a half a dozen used ones in the tool box...figured in a pinch they might be usable on the opposite side) but when I saw that instead of a keyed flat washer it had what looked like a sealing sheet metal disk.........I figured I'd better get some info before starting the disassembly. A few weeks ago it popped into my little brain that the Honda had about 61K on it and I had never greased the rear axles. I've seen more than one car on the shoulder with a broken rear axle, probably caused by a red hot bearing. My wife's 99 Grand Prix has an obviously sealed rear axle unit. This is the first car I've owned in a long while that I didn't spring for the whole shop manual set, because I usually kept them until they were ready for the junk yard. I've had dealers tell me they didn't want my trade in. Then I'd tell them "no trade in, no sale", then they would offer $50 and I'd say thankyou, saved me the trouble of getting rid of it :-) But after spending countless Sunday's under the car fixing things, and with Honda's being the most reliable cars I've ever owned, and with just about the lowest recall numbers in the business, I hope to trade this one in and get another in a year or two. BTW, the manuals are up to about $200 for the complete set. Thanks again Tegger Wayne |
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