Bearings keep going bad, Bent spindle Options

[jmcdanie007]

About 6 months ago I ran over a curb in my 94 ST. There was a wobble in my front driver side tire that was so bad that the inside of my rib would rub my brake caliper. I took it to the shop and the guy told me that the bearing was bad. He replaced the bearing and told me that if the spindle was bent that the bearing would go out again pretty quickly. Sure enough, 3 months later the wobble is coming back. According to the shop I now need to change my spindle. Is the spindle part of the knuckle on 6G celicas? Ive been looking all over (via internet and repair manuals) for a how-to on changing a spindle and I cant find it. I think im just searching for the wrong thing. Anyone had to replace their spindle before? Any suggestions?

[jmcdanie007]

Well i never really found out what the problem was but i got it fixed. My car doesnt have ABS so i didnt have to worry about that thanks goodness. The mechanic that put the new bearings in the first time said that if the bearings went bad againt then i had bent the spindle (knuckle). I also had a front end alignment at the time. I think he screwed me because he would have known if anything was bent when he tried the alignment. All the numbers would have been off and he would have had a hard time lining it up. Also when I had the bearings put in the mechanic said that i he also had to have the hub machined because i had driven so long with the bad bearings that i had scarred the inside of the hub. I dont know if i actually bent the knuckle or the hub or maybe the machine shop screwed up my hub when they machined it out and it caused my bearings to go bad again. Anyways I got a knuckle with hub attached from a national used parts locator for $160 and replaced it all myself. Hopefully that solved my problems. Thanks for the input guys!

This post has been edited by jmcdanie007: Mar 29, 2007 - 12:04 AM