It's on it's third speedo, so I'm​ guessing, but I saw it turn 300k miles
about 5 yrs ago, so something like half a million...so far.

On Jul 16, 2017 7:28 AM, "Steven Shelton" <shelton4@gmail.com> wrote:

What was the mileage on the van when you did this?

On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> The rear  bearing replacement that I've been dreading was not so difficult
> on my 84 manual transmission Vanagon.  You Tube videos are a real help.  I
> found one​, Van​agonaughts or something, that gave me some great pointers
> for the task.
>    Couple of things I learned: I couldn't detect any difference in the
> noises from the bearing when swerving or turning... difficult to determine
> which wheel bearing was the culprit.  I did find that when braking, the
bad
> bearing was louder...sounded just like worn out.brake shoes..   I also got
> around bleeding brakes.  I did have to disconnect the brake line, but I
> stuck the rubber bleeder screw on the line while I went on with the job,
> then once the big parts were back in place, I opened the bleeder valve
> while I finished torquing everything...
>     Nice to have no more nasty rumbling from the rear ...
>