Post by Jon W on Nov 15, 2009 9:14:38 GMT -5
So... Stupid Chevy Cobalt is trying to drain my wallet again... Now it needs new brakes (no biggie), new tires for the winter (ughhh), and a right front wheel bearing.
I'm going to do the brakes and wheel bearing myself, so I needed to find out what I was in for... While searching for service manuals I found this:
www.eautorepair.net/Marketing/Default.asp
I took a chance and subscribed for a week for $12 to see "how it is"... Looks like the site is pretty good -- lot of pictures and explosion diagrams, they appear to cover all the maintenance/procedures , though they are somewhat terse in their descriptions of what to do. The site includes TSB and maintenance service schedule / guidelines and basically everything you get in an FSM. You can search their site and print out hard copies (I printed to .pdf) and the site is easy to navigate. They also include (with each procedure) any "required tools" (e.g. special) and a mfg part number for them.
Anyway... If someone is in a jam and needs FSM info this isn't a bad resource to use. It appears to be mostly design for someone who has some idea what they're doing. They also have various types of subscriptions... Week ($12), Month ($16), and Year (didn't check the price), which you pay per vehicle you want info on.
Fortunately I discovered the wheel bearings are a unit-bearing just like in the jeeps, but smaller, so they won't be too hard to replace in my driveway.
JW
I'm going to do the brakes and wheel bearing myself, so I needed to find out what I was in for... While searching for service manuals I found this:
www.eautorepair.net/Marketing/Default.asp
I took a chance and subscribed for a week for $12 to see "how it is"... Looks like the site is pretty good -- lot of pictures and explosion diagrams, they appear to cover all the maintenance/procedures , though they are somewhat terse in their descriptions of what to do. The site includes TSB and maintenance service schedule / guidelines and basically everything you get in an FSM. You can search their site and print out hard copies (I printed to .pdf) and the site is easy to navigate. They also include (with each procedure) any "required tools" (e.g. special) and a mfg part number for them.
Anyway... If someone is in a jam and needs FSM info this isn't a bad resource to use. It appears to be mostly design for someone who has some idea what they're doing. They also have various types of subscriptions... Week ($12), Month ($16), and Year (didn't check the price), which you pay per vehicle you want info on.
Fortunately I discovered the wheel bearings are a unit-bearing just like in the jeeps, but smaller, so they won't be too hard to replace in my driveway.
JW
