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Well I have the notorius hum on left hand turns and some vibrations on the highway from 80km-120-km anything under or over those numbers No vibration,,
Anyway anyone in Ottawa area familiar with Wheel Bearing changes? Money is tight and I am not looking forward to having a garage do it? Is it something that can be done by a couple of DYI's in an afternoon?
1999 Mystique Sport 2nd owner bought it in Sept 03
120000km 4 door, leather, loaded pics on cardomain, coatsy
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The bearing needs to be pressed in, so you would need a press. I feel your pain, I just paid a shop to change my front passenger side one and it broke a month after... And now the left one broke too. I'm about to put the zetec on blocks in the backyard to steal its knuckles (they have good bearings in them) 
1999 CSVT - 104000kms, Black/tan
RU-3530, 17" Rage Enduro, Hella Optilux fogs
BAT kit on its way !
1997 Contour gl sport Zetec mtx
SVT Shocks and Struts
No resonator
SPEC stage 1 clutch
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I just replaced my driverside front a couple of weeks ago. You definately need a hydrolic press to remove and install the bearing. I did it at a friends machine shop with his assistance. $60 for the bearing was my only expense. BTW if the bearing is not pressed in corectly it will quickly fail. Talk to Stazi, he works for SKF (bearing manufacturer) and he sells knuckles with the bearing already pressed in.
99 CSVT Green/Tan
# 84 of 2760
Built on Wednesday, September 30, 1998
15.376 @ 92.00 MPH Stock
75,000Km
96 Contour GL
2.5L V6 ATX 170,000Km
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mine is my father garage right now for the left bearing, hope it wont fail...
1998.5 Toreador Red/Midnight Blue Contour SVT - #5912/6535 - DOB - 05/11/1998 -
RU-3530/CTA Intake Pipe
MSDS Heaser/Y-Pipe
Magnaflow #10435
9mm Ford racing
SPEC Stage one/Spec Alum. Flywheel
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I just had my driver's side bearing done yesterday and a complete brake job. Hooray for $276 labour. And $245 in parts.
'95 CGL ZMTX - DOB: 8/94 - Daily Driver - 271k & counting - Ractive muffler,MSD ignition coil,KEM 8mm wires,Pre98 SE 7 spoke rims,KVR CF brake pads,Post98 sail panels,Sony Xplod HU,Pioneer 3-way 6x9's
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