A race is cheap. Do what you want but drive out to west Texas on that old race? Man spend the 10 bucks extra and be done with it.
I'd do it.
Back about 20 yrs ago, I had a '76 Club Cab that I did the same thing with, just replaced the wheel bearings. Six months later, I loaded up my truck and moved to Phoenix, AZ. Oh, yeah, I lived in MA at the time.
Drove the truck from MA to AZ, spent close to a year in AZ before coming here to TX. Shortly after coming to TX, I took a trip up to TN to see a friend, then came back to TX. By this time the rotors were shot, and I installed new rotors with fresh bearings and races.
This truck was my ONLY means of transportation during this time. The ONLY real issue I had during all those miles was a (Firestone) tire split its belt. The hubs never ran hot, the bearings didn't turn to powder, the sky didn't fall.....
Dumb luck?
