Quoting: F Body
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
My car has a full service history - all done by myself.
Bearings and CV joint etc, aren't really part of a service though??? (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/huh.gif)
Quoting: Fieldy
My 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 Plan
I 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 Plan
This 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.
Quoting: Cunning Plan
Is it bad practice of me to just replace the front-right wheel bearing?
If it's the only one gone then nothing wrong with just replacing the one. Check the other side though, if it's noisy or not as smooth running (bare in mind the pads might give a false impression if they're too close) you might as well get your friendly local garage to press two at the same time. I have seen someone get them out before with a fly-press but putting them in you really need to make sure they're cock on.
Quoting: Andy
How much fun did you have with the hub pinch bolt. It's the only thing that stops me wanting to remove the hubs. From all the forum posts I've seen, they're 99.9% likely to shear off apparently!
Fine to be honest (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/chiny.gif) A few squirts of GT85 and went at it with a good breaker bar.
Shouldn't be TOO bad even if it does sheer - there is lots of room to drill and most of the bolt is a sleeve, only the tip section is threaded. You should be alright bud, go for it.
Quoting: Cunning Plan
This got me thinking.. How did RK buy that MK3 Mondeo with 180k on it, yet it doesn't need the bearings doing?
200,000 motorway miles are far kinder to a car than even 50,000 mixed or urban miles - almost all wear occurs when cold. RK's mondeo had dome mainly motorway miles.
Its one of the many reasons larger cars make better used buys than small ones. small cars are likely to have done more urban mileage.
Quoting: philoldsmobile
200,000 motorway miles are far kinder to a car than even 50,000 mixed or urban miles - almost all wear occurs when cold. RK's mondeo had dome mainly motorway miles.
Its one of the many reasons larger cars make better used buys than small ones. small cars are likely to have done more urban mileage.
Good points. (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/chiny.gif)
Quoting: Cunning Plan
This got me thinking.. How did RK buy that MK3 Mondeo with 180k on it, yet it doesn't need the bearings doing?
I brought it with 171k . . . . it's now got 187k. (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/up.gif)
HA !!
I've got a rumble off the front, N/S corner that doesn't quite sound like a wheel bearing . . . I'm suspecting driveshaft / CV joint so Googled it and guess which thread came 8th on the first page . . ?
Go us !
Quoting: Cunning Plan
This got me thinking.. How did RK buy that MK3 Mondeo with 180k on it, yet it doesn't need the bearings doing?
This made me smile (again) though . . . she's now got just under 249,000 miles on her, by the way . . .
Quoting: Roadkill
came 8th on the first page
That's quite impressive and shows that Google now ranks us as an authority and will show our results for the subject-matter being searched (it isn't enough just to have a few lines of text about Mondeos to then be ranked on the first page. For example, a page on Mondeos on the Ann Summer's website will not appear on the first page, even though Ann Summers is a high ranking website for underwear ect).
Quoting: Roadkill
I'm suspecting driveshaft / CV joint
Yes, although, does it need repair? That knocking on my one lasted thousands of miles, I would say between 10 and 20k! (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/viking.gif)
Quoting: Cunning Plan
Yes, although, does it need repair? That knocking on my one lasted thousands of miles, I would say between 10 and 20k!
I've already had it over 25,000 miles . . . . . . . ! ! ! (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/tongue.gif)
I get my money's worth !
In fact the only reason I'm looking at it now is because we're planning to drive into Europe later in the month . . don't fancy breaking down out there.