I've got a 1995 80 coming in a couple of weeks. The PO has just had the front bearings repacked but (of course) I wasn't there to question the state of the nation. Truck has 68K miles.
After reading this forum from back to front - I'm already thinking about what those bearing might look like inside. The dealer that did the noted that the repack was due but didn't write up anything else.
Any harm in waiting say a year and then do another repack and assess the bearing at that time? I'm thinking I should just replace the bearings ect... anyway.
Any harm in waiting a year to do this if everything inspects OK from the outside?
Is there anyway to know if there's a potential problem in there without pulling it all apart?
It appears that this is an area on the 80 that causes the most grief and I'd like to sleep at night. ???
Thanks guys
Ben
After reading this forum from back to front - I'm already thinking about what those bearing might look like inside. The dealer that did the noted that the repack was due but didn't write up anything else.
Any harm in waiting say a year and then do another repack and assess the bearing at that time? I'm thinking I should just replace the bearings ect... anyway.
Any harm in waiting a year to do this if everything inspects OK from the outside?
Is there anyway to know if there's a potential problem in there without pulling it all apart?
It appears that this is an area on the 80 that causes the most grief and I'd like to sleep at night. ???
Thanks guys
Ben