Riot_Polizei
Comp Engineering Student
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- 2002 Mazda Protege5
Don't get an economy bearing.
I did and it wasn't a "sealed" bearing... It just had a "dust cap" that does little to keep water out.
The SKF bearing at Rockauto specifically says "sealed" and as far as I know it is a quality bearing (although it is the most expensive)
Doing a front bearing is usually a huge job and you'd hate to have to do it again in 6 months because of a crap bearing.
My father actually told me the same thing--buy an assembly that's "sealed", he said. But that was before he reconsidered and told me not to **** with it, and just send the car to a shop.
I'm kind of leaning towards just sending it in, mostly because we get bad rust around these parts, and supposedly, this will be the first time this car gets a new bearing. Dunno if I want to screw with a part that had 16 years worth of rust-welding...
...Plus, I got a time attack to attend on the 20th, and I'd rather have one project (replace fuel filter + strainer just in case) rather than two.