'00 S70 T5M Open the money pit!

[RussB]

Russ..did you take any pictures of the rear bearings? Are they assemblies like the front or more like conventional bearing and pressed in race assemblies

Sorry, no pics. They are similar to the front hub assemblies except they are held on by just one large center nut that screws onto a stub axle, similar to an auto tranny front axle nut. Once you remove the nut, they slide right off. Very simple to change out if need be. They were SKF. Both appeared original, and were still smooth. They have 206k miles on them.

I have seen just bearings offered, where as you would press out the old bearings and press in the new ones, but they were expensive to the point that I know I would just buy a hub assembly

In a perfect world, I would've replaced all the rubber and hard lines in the rear, but I did just the one that was frozen in the right side caliper

[RussB]

When I bought this car, The top, side (by the crank) and lower torque mounts were all shredded. I replaced them right away. After much delay, I had the front & rear mounts replaced by my mechanic. The rear one (under the turbo) was indeed ripped in half and was only holding on by the safety wire.

All I can say is the car feels completely different. The clutch chattering issues have gone away. Seems these T5M's but a lot of stress on the mounts