One day while driving home from the job, the Monte started making some odd noises that appeared to be coming from the front wheels, mostly from the right front wheel. The noise didn't change when I applied the brakes but it seemed to become more pronounced when I drove at higher speeds. I figured that this noise was caused by a bad wheel bearing. This was my first choice too since I never changed the wheel bearings on the car since I had it. With that I parked the car in the work spot by the storage trailer in preparation for the work I will have to do soon. The wheel bearings were cheap enough at Auto Zone that it didn't make any sense to try and find cheap ones online and since I wanted to get the parts replaced more sooner than later so I can get the car back on the road more sooner than later. Another thing I picked up was a replacement pulley for the tensioner assembly since the old pulley was squealing more and more. The entire tensioner cost way too much at Auto Zone but the pulley itself was pretty cheap so I figured I'll get that and just replace the pulley. The next day I started the job by jacking up the car and pulling off the tire. I had to pull the brake caliper off in order to remove the rotor then pull the retaining nut to pull the whole rotor and the wheel bearings free. I started on the left side. When I pulled the rotor the wheel bearings came out intact, not looking too bad, but still old and since I'm not gonna half-ass the job I replace them with the fresh grease packed bearings and reassembled the assembly. After buttoning up the left side I moved on to the right side. When I pulled the rotor free the outer wheel bearing came out fine but the inner wheel bearing was nothing but a bunch of roller bearings that fell out onto the ground. The outer bearing race was scored enough that it needed to be replaced, unlike the left side. The inner bearing was stuck on the spindle and needed to be tapped off. After replacing the outer race I was able to repack and reassemble the wheel bearings and the rotor and the rest of the wheel assembly.
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