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Cunning Plan:
After opinions please fellas.

My Mondeo is now at 161k

The front right CV joint has been clunking for thousands of miles now and there is now a whirring noise like bearings coming from the middle of the car / front right.

I put the car in the air to test the front right wheel bearing which had no movement in it.

I've been reading that the intermediate bearing on the front right driveshaft can also go, causing the noise.

Bearings are £50 plus VAT, plus getting them pressed in, plus me pulling all the rusty old stuff apart / no car for a few days.

CV joint from the scrappy is £25, but it's an unknown quality.

I'm not sure how much the intermediate bearing is, but it looks like a terrible job to do.

So, I'm looking at least £130+, plus my time to do it, plus anything that breaks along the way.

Can you give me any information about replacing the bearings / intermediate shaft bearing? or even the CV joint / drive shaft?

I am seriously considering buying a diesel now as i have needed one for a while, but all this extra work and expense on the old car doesn't seem worth it.



This got me thinking.. How did RK buy that MK3 Mondeo with 180k on it, yet it doesn't need the bearings doing?

F Body:
Modern cars are way more reliable than they used to be when I used to run sheds

100,000 miles seems pretty easy, but if your going to go over 150k miles you have to have a decent service history, or be prepared for anything to fail and either fix it or scrap the car

Cunning Plan:
Quoting: F Body100,000 miles seems pretty easy, but if your going to go over 150k miles you have to have a decent service history, or be prepared for anything to fail and either fix it or scrap the car

My car has a full service history - all done by myself.

Bearings and CV joint etc, aren't really part of a service though???

Fieldy:
My CV has been clunking for 1000's of miles too....

Andy:
Quoting: FieldyMy CV has been clunking for 1000's of miles too....


aye, on my old diesel mondy the CV was shagged on that for aggges, lock to lock, CLUNK, always a good one when parking the car.

You're right though, the bearing in the middle of the driveshaft can go, though i've never had one personally go, so would be quite interested on how much work it involved.

Quoting: Cunning PlanI put the car in the air to test the front right wheel bearing which had no movement in it.

When my one went I found that only with a load on the bearing did it make any noise. I could not get it to reproduce the noise in the air on a jack, so just be weary that it could still be that bearing.

I also have a CV joint sat on my bed side table for a diesel mondy, not sure if its the same as the petrol one, but if you check it out and they are you're welcome to it for postage value.

The only info I know about replacing the CV joints is that you have to be careful when you pull the drive shafts as you will put them out of the gear box end, so be careful not to damage the CV joint there.

Quoting: Cunning PlanThis got me thinking.. How did RK buy that MK3 Mondeo with 180k on it, yet it doesn't need the bearings doing?


They probably have been replaced at sometime, you just don't know.

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