So last night on the ride home I hit the brakes and the wheel almost shook out of my hand. Warped rotor? Probably not...they're PowerSlot's with Hawk pads with about 25-30K miles on them. I'm thinking the caliper is starting to hang up a bit. Evidence when I changed the brakes out and only one side of the pad was really wearing.
Also, when I turn to the right I can hear a bit of a whine....wheel bearing on the left side is what I'm thinking.
So that said, the car still rides great, and drives great. I was thinking about changing at least the calipers/front rubber lines/and possibly new pads/rotors. How hard is it to change a wheel bearing on these cars?
As much as I love the current ride even with 120K miles this would be an ideal time to change out the strut assemblies with say Monroe Sensatrac assembled units. Decisions decisions.
Thoughts? Comments?
If you've not changed out your calipers yet, now is the time to do so.
You now have new calipers, new shoes, and new rotors which will give you more years of trouble free service with new parts.
That's what I'd do and not have to worry about taking a used caliper with 120K miles on it and try to nurse it back to life. It just doesn't work that way until ultimate failure occurs.
Get the stainless steel brake lines too and upgrade your brake fluid to DOT4 when you bleed your brakes. It doesn't hurt to upgrade once in awhile too while you're at it.
Same for the rear.
Buy new drums as their cheap and replace all the drum hardware that holds the shoes onto the backing plate so that too is new.
It's all cost effective if you look at it from a long term point of view. You either pay a little bit now or alot later with major repairs.
Wheel hub/ bearing isn't hard to replace and I'd suggest you invest into a Haynes or Chiltons manual for that information. It's all there in the service manual and should be one of the first tools you buy for a car you're going to keep.
Good luck with it.
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Thank you Dave and JBO! 
wheel bearings are easy yo change when you already have the brakes off. you just need to take the axle nut off and 3 T-55 bolts hold the bearing in.
