In a message dated 04/26/2003 8:28:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time, john_nowosacki@xxxx writes: > I suggest the design is such that it's fine to leave them alone for 50 years > or 500,000 miles, whichever comes first. > John of the lazy rear ends > Funny you should say that. On the way back from Nashville, we noticed a little noise coming from the rear of the G. It wasn't that repetitive noise one gets from a rear end going bad, but it was there nonetheless. As a preventative measure, we pulled the axles and sure enough one set of bearings was bad enough to have been making the noise. Now whether they were simply installed incorrectly three years ago, when the car was redone, or whether it was just a bad set of bearings, I do not know, but they are gone and new ones are there, complete with the other side as well. Now, Hopefully you are right and I can let them go forever, or at least for as long as I have the car. Pete Fitch [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]