Originally Posted by StephenVA

Thanks for the insight as it coresponds to what I call "Good Practices" of vehicle maintenance. Replace and repair as required before total failure occures. Always cheaper than the alternative results. (ask me how I know...did wheel bearings once on another vehicle, after I egnored the squeeks, creaks, and noise. Welded bearing races on the spindles, trashed the rotors due to heat warping, had to replace the spindle, brearings, rotors, brakes, ball joints, tie rod ends, etc. Out in a driveway while it was snowing. What fun that was. Lesson learned the hard way.)

Keep up the great posts as it help us all to do preventive repairs to avoid the death rattles.