looks like something found in a farmers field.
What have you done to your car today?
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Changed the air filter in the wife's BMW for $20. Pretty sure the dealer would have wanted hundreds based on their $172 windshield wiper blade estimate.
Ian F
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Front wheel bearing?
To be honest... I'm getting a tinge of PTSD from doing that job on my 2003 Jetta... even with all of the special tools to do it, it was still a PITA... made worse by the SUPER-specific torque procedure... that if you got even slightly wrong meant you were doing the same damn job again within a few months...
Ditto on my Mazda. Dealer wanted ~$150 for engine and cabin filter changes. Did both myself yesterday in 15 mins.
sadly the press isnt going to do much for this job...they bolt in...but once they are in and rusted nicely, they are a bastard to get out
The passenger rear was the nosiest one....my wifes 2018 3.6 has 96k on it. But while I was back there, I just did both of them. Fuck that is a miserable job. Each side took a solid 90 min of full power swings with my 10 lb maul....left, right, up, down....just have to keep smashing it until they finally move a little...then you can work it around and get a big enough gap to start hammering flat chisels in on each side. Of course you also dent the shit out of backing plate along the way...but it can be bent back.
My slide hammer couldnt make a dent
I will say, had I know about this, I might have bought one...but 5lb sledge wouldnt have done it...like you need paul Bunyan swings
But its done and god what a difference....car is sooooooooooo much quieter
FrankR
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On the Pilot trans, drain, measure pour same (3.7 qt) back in ? or level and pull the side plug to check ?
I ask because i have a Ridgeline im about to do soon.
if its the now ubiquitous zf 8 speed you need to pull the plug and check the level while the trans is in a certain temperature range to ensure its at the right level.
FrankR
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ZF 9 speed
kdebello
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I just saw your other post that you have the 9 speed. Ours is the 6 that has a dipstick. We were way overdue for the trans fluid so I had to do the 3 x flush and fill.
i would imagine its similar if not the same as the 8 speed, you can measure as a starting point, but i would check per the procedure to be sure, you will need some sort of fluid filler/dispenser (at least i did on the 8 speed).
if you dont have one a tank sprayer with the end cut off (it leaves a nice tube that you can poke in the fill hole) works nicely.
sundaydoug
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Brutal. Had to replace a rear wheel bearing on my STI last year. Could not separate the hub from the knuckle. Just ended up replacing the whole hub, knuckle, and backing plate assembly. More expensive that way, but when I eventually have to do the other 3 corners that's totally what I'm gonna do.
DownhillR3
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Agreed. I use a machine polisher for doing customer vehicle lenses and then wrap them in PPF so they do not haze again.
If anyone needs car detail / polish + ceramic coating, let me know. I used to work for Adams Polishes and continue to provide work for local clients.
sundaydoug
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I got mine from Rockauto. They sold both the hub and the knuckle, just not together as a package.
So I will say...I did this same job with my wife 01 outback years ago....that one was actually worse, but I eventually got it...so in my head...I knew I just needed to keep hitting it and eventually it would break loose. But yes, I did consider replacing the whole knuckle.
Funny side note...when I put the first one back together...i coated everything with anti seize.....started tightening the axle nut and then the hub wouldnt turn...I knew I did something wrong....after I looked closer, I realized I had put the tone ring on the axle backwards and now it was jammed. grrrr...had to take it apart again, but only took a couple small taps with the hammer and it came back apart thankfully. lol.
I looked this up...$1500-$2000 for the dealer to do this...so after I got done saturday (while the car was on the lift, I also swapped the winter tires on, changed the rear brake pads, wool waxed the underside, and fixed or removed the rattling exhaust heat shields) I said to my wife....way I see it, we just saved at least $1000...lets go get a nice dinner
are you mobile? will likely need to find someone to do my wifes recent purchase come spring time.