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Old 22-06-2004, 10:20 PM
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i replaced the passenger side wheel bearing, just taken me 2 1/2 hours

and its still making a fukkin noise


anyone wanna buy a 2.0l mk6 escort

and a mk5 esc cabby


better still, want to swap them for a 400bhp 3 door!
Old 22-06-2004, 10:22 PM
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Hope you get it sorted m8...
Old 22-06-2004, 10:25 PM
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how do u know its the bearing??

maybe its the disc warped
Old 22-06-2004, 10:39 PM
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Bugger piss take when u spend a few hours sortin sumat and findin its not the problem
Old 22-06-2004, 10:54 PM
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well, waped disc would make a different noise under braking yes??

this only makes more noise when i turn left, hence thinking it was bearing, plus there was slight play, not much but i cuould feel some movement.

unless its the other side...
Old 22-06-2004, 11:00 PM
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crap news mate,
my front wheels locked up a while ago, i thought it was the brakes, got a piston repair kit,thinking it was the pistons, spent ages and ages changing them and refurbing the callipers, put them on, drove 10 ft out of my garage all happy thinking it was sorted, and the front wheels locked up again, turned out to be the diff fooked in the gearbox, i was gutted, i feel for you,
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well, its not just the mk6, i replaced the engine in the cabby cos some complete c*unt was sposed to buy it sunday after getting me to hold it for a month for him, yes i should have taken a deposit, could i get hold of him, could i bollox.


fukked right off with cars at the mo


and my job

fukk sake

not gonna hang myself just yet tho.....

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Old 22-06-2004, 11:11 PM
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keep it cool mate have a break from it all then go back to it.
i had a mark 6 escort never again lost over Ł500 on it in just four months everything went fooking wrong with it. ford have gone down hill.
i now have a bmw and a s2 turbo as my toy.
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well, apart fom that its been fine, ive had it since feb, and its made me happy since.

things have just got on top of me a bit lately i think
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your not the only one i want to start rebuilding my s2 but i have to get rid of my 2 mark 1 orion ghia's first if thay dont go soon im going to scrap them.
any ideas ?
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dont have time to do it but good thinking
the one has a mint s1 dash in it if i cant sell the parts of them i will send them to the crusher.
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