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[eurospeed01]

Hi, I had this weird whirring sound coming from the front passenger side and I got it checked out by my mechanic and he told me it was the right wheel hub bearing, now he priced me some hubs and one was $269 and the other $330, so I decided to check around maybe for some cheaper ones and I found some online and there's ones for between $60-$150 and there all different brands, you guys think its worth ordering one of the online ones, does it matter what brand they are? thanks

[cruzer555]

eurospeed01, on 05 January 2012 - 02:54 AM, said:

Hi, I had this weird whirring sound coming from the front passenger side and I got it checked out by my mechanic and he told me it was the right wheel hub bearing, now he priced me some hubs and one was $269 and the other $330, so I decided to check around maybe for some cheaper ones and I found some online and there's ones for between $60-$150 and there all different brands, you guys think its worth ordering one of the online ones, does it matter what brand they are? thanks

Ripoff alert! He should not be selling you a hub, just a bearing.

My moms old Audi A4 seemed to practically eat the things, they should be under $100 for a quality brand (I think we got german ones like FAG)... I'd recommend installing it yourself, you'll need to remove the hub, take it to a machine shop with the new bearing to have it pressed in (not very expensive, easy job for them), and put it back on the car. We did it several times in the years we owned that Audi...

PS, some of my Audi knowledge might not quite carry over to Volvos, if the hub actually needs to be replaced to replace the bearing (which I doubt) I'm sorry. (It still shouldn't cost $300 anyway though)

[-Matt01]

ya you can change just the bearing should cost around 100$ the part..

you dont even need to have it pressed in, its held by 4 inverse torx screws, take off the wheel, take off the disk, and then buy an inverse torx set because noone has one, and you can remove the bearing

[cruzer555]

-Matt01, on 05 January 2012 - 03:22 AM, said:

ya you can change just the bearing should cost around 100$ the part..

you dont even need to have it pressed in, its held by 4 inverse torx screws, take off the wheel, take off the disk, and then buy an inverse torx set because noone has one, and you can remove the bearing

Oh! Nice! I learned something today, thanks!

Anyway OP, whatever you do I would avoid that mechanic, best thing to do is bypass him entirely and do the work yourself! It's very easy (even easier than I thought!) and DIY work builds character

[Ihatespeedbumps]

These are sealed front wheel bearings, so I'm not sure where you guys are buying just the bearing? To the guy that mentioned Audis... These aren't German POS.

OP: the mechanic likely quoted the price for parts and labor, and it's not an unreasonable price. If you decide to tackle the job yourself, only use FAG brand bearings or genuine Volvo. If your lucky enough to have a car that had an axle "glued" in place under warranty to prevent axle ping, you'll gladly pay the mechanic whatever he wants to charge.

[Matty Moo]

$300 isnt bad at all....that's a lot less than we would pay anywhere around here. You need to remember they mark up their parts and have to honor the warranty, which means more labor on their end IF it fails. All of that is rolled in.

[lcc014]

It is not just a bearing to be replaced, Volvo use a hub with bearing within. Not only to remove the wheel, axle nut, brake rotor and axle separation from hub but also to undo either side of the control arm. After all these, you then work on the 4 torx bolts. Hopefully, these 4 torx bolts are easy to take out on yours. I was lucky that mine were not too bad to unscrew after some PB Blaster. Other members had hard time to unscrew these 4 torx bolts. Always use FAG brand or Volvo brand as other member suggested.

Ching-Ho Cheng

[cruzer555]

Ihatespeedbumps, on 05 January 2012 - 04:48 AM, said:

These are sealed front wheel bearings, so I'm not sure where you guys are buying just the bearing? To the guy that mentioned Audis... These aren't German POS.

OP: the mechanic likely quoted the price for parts and labor, and it's not an unreasonable price. If you decide to tackle the job yourself, only use FAG brand bearings or genuine Volvo. If your lucky enough to have a car that had an axle "glued" in place under warranty to prevent axle ping, you'll gladly pay the mechanic whatever he wants to charge.

Sorry, the only bearings I've worked on were Audi's, but why so much disrespect for a reasonably nice euro brand??? I realize everyone here loves volvos (myself included) but what's wrong with knowing/liking other euro cars? It's not as if I was talking about daewoo or something, Audi is a respected brand...

Anyway OP sounded like the mechanic was quoting him PARTS and only parts "he priced me some hubs and one was $269 and the other $330" sounds like parts prices to me... So either way my advice is to buy a genuine or a FAG and DIY! Very fun to feel the success of saving money and fixing yourself...

[eurospeed01]

Thanks guys, ya I forgot to mention at first my mechanic said it needed a wheel bearing so he called the volvo dealership and they said that the bearing is attached to the hub so I have to get the whole thing and they dont sell just the bearing? Also CRUZER55 yes he was quoting me just the parts alone not labour, he said it would maybe take an 1 1/2-2 hours to do it so I don't really wanna spend probably around $450 or something just for one side.....I'd like to try to do it myself but sadly I have wayy to much stuff in my garage to do it, and it's freezing out where I'm at so i'm out of luck, if one of you guys could help me out and maybe post a site up where i can get the actual part i need I'd really appreciate it.

[Pauloil]

there is good post in garage(bay 13) here about how to do it.

[240gator]

Got mine from tascaparts. Had the best deal for genuine Volvo. Around $150 or so.