The hum that rises with speed and changes on a bend is a bearing. Pressed bearings are the bottom of the band; a complete hub assembly is the top. We spin the other side and tell you if it is on its way too.
Wheel bearing, one side
- 16,000–29,000JMD, parts and labour. Small saloon at the bottom, big SUV at the top.
- 2 hLabour at JMD 4,500 an hour, charged in half hours.
- Same dayOff the road, once the part is here.
0JMD 60,000120,000
BackThe old bearing or hub — bagged with your registration on it and handed to you when you collect.
Why you might need it
Faults that end up here
No price goes out before a check has proved the part. These are the symptoms that point this way.
Steering and suspensionIt judders through the wheel between 60 and 80
Steering and suspensionA hum that rises with speed and goes quiet on a bend
Each note says which check finds it, and what the check costs.