[AT] Getting water out of a gearbox

[David Bruce]

I had one fail a few months ago on a 2001 Chevy Malibu. Just so happened 
I heard the noise and was within a mile of my trusted auto mechanic. So 
I limped to his shop and had him take care of business. Nice to have 
someone you can trust when you have auto trouble.

David
NW NC

On 6/5/2015 8:54 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:44 PM, Thomas O Mehrkam <tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I have never had a wheel bearing fail in the road.
>>
>>
> I have.  It was an early 70's Mercury Capri, equipped with old-school
> packable bearings.  The sealed units were still a couple decades away.  I
> was a college kid, the car had probably 100K miles on it, and service
> history on that bearing is unknown but zero is a real good guess.  It was
> the outer bearing that went.   It locked up solid and spun the race on the
> spindle until it welded.  I fixed it in the dorm parking lot.  Had to
> scrape together my beer money and spend it on a carbide hacksaw blade to
> get the welded race off.  It wasn't severely welded, just stuck, and
> several cuts with the carbide saw plus some whacks with a cold chisel got
> it done.  Some sandpaper to clean up, and the new bearing went right on.
> Of course I threw some grease at the inner bearing, but didn't do proper
> pack job, since that requires you tear out the old grease seal to get the
> bearing out and pack properly, and I did not have another grease seal
> handy.  That car carried me thru the rest of my college career, but it
> taught me several lessons along the way, like for example what happens when
> a timing belt shears... how to replace a clutch laying on your back in a
> dorm parking lot...
>
> SO
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