E30 wheel bearings

["David Lacroque - ColorImage" <ddl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Checking one of my past invoices I have replacement of my rear bearings at
3 hours + $117 CDN for the two bearings. Interesting thing here is that
they are listed as E30/E36. They were replaced around the 180k Km mark.

Dave
'87 325 
>
>At 03:05 AM 11/13/98 -0500, Alex wrote:
>>	All E30 bearings get replaced between 100-160K miles. 
>>	This is something to keep in mind when shopping for a used E30 in
>>that milage range - how many new wheel bearings does it have? At $200/per
>>bearing, you are looking at $800 outlay. This is really not a DIY job since
>>you need a $300+ in tools alone to do it.
>
>Wow!,
>
>I thought the E30's were very similar to the E28's.  Why are the bearings
>so much more (my front w/ABS cost me $75 from a friend, probably around
>$100 otherwise) than the E28's. What tool do you need other than a puller
>($50)?
>
>Inquiring minds want to know.

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