98'2.8

I cant believe it, 339$ for one wheel bearing, not to mention i might have to do the other 3 but they make no sound. Any one else have a bad original wheel bearing?

jschick

rear wheel bearings are pretty common on the A4, bearings are about $40-50, but to have someone do the work can be around $200-300

98'2.8

Yea interesting enough, the bearings i was looking at turned out to be around 135$ and totaled at 339$. to get it replaced and that is just one I am looking to turn my audi into a real street machine haha

rdA4WtQ5

I had the rear ones changed twice. And the fronts are original with 129K
Just sold her yesterday.

mtroxel

Ditto. My first B5 had 270,000 miles when I sold it. I put a few rear bearings on it, the fronts were still original.

JamesHovland

I bought my 97 A4 with a bad rear wheel bearing and did most of the work myself. I bought an after market bearing for $55 instead of the $150 Audi bearing, and after pulling the hub assembly had the old bearing pressed out and the new one pressed in for $40 at a local garage.

The only thing you have to be aware of is getting the alignment squared back up when you're done. I simply marked the alignment bolts where they were before taking it apart and re-aligned it to those marks when I was done. Worked like a charm. No pull or uneven tire wear so far. That was about 40K miles ago.

It cost me a total of $95 and a few hours of my time. Plus now that I've done it once, it'll be that much easier next time.