wheel bearings

[mtopple 0]

Q - how long do wheel bearings last and anyone had faulty ones before???

Had my fronts done in July last year and they have gone again, just wanted to know if this has happened to anyone before???

[andy 0]

They should last for yonks, I had a duff one from GSF last year, it didn't fail as such but started droning loudly, when I took it apart the metal was pitted. That was a rear by the way.

[kilokilla 0]

The hubs actually wear down on inner edge where they meet with driveshafts and cause the bearings to wear quicker i always replace hubs at same time as bearings now because it saves this problem reoccuring you can get new hubs from eurocarparts for approx £30+v.a.t and this will stop the bearings wearing so quick .Thats if you are talking about fronts anyway.

[Eat this 2]

i bought the car with 62k miles it needed a front bearing its now done 89k ish and theres play in a rear 1

[kilokilla 0]

rear ones work loose john because they are tapered generally you can just regrease and tighten em up a bit.

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u know iv got a new 1 sittin at home just cant be arsed to get it fitted (well too skint/tight fisted atm really lmao)

[kilokilla 0]

if they not making noise just adjust em up mate save new bearing til old 1s start rumbling

[purple highline monster 0]

i think someone on here did that already! and the bearing went bang!! i would change it!!!!! worst case it fails and you snap your stub axle you wreck your rim and god knows whatever else!!! just imo

[kilokilla 0]

purple thats caused by overtightning mate and whoevers it was it must have been humming its sack off they should only be done up to just a fraction past finger tight any tighter and this can be the result as you said as i said in my previous post if its humming change it as this means bearing is knackered but as i said the rears are tapered and can have play after 100 miles or less sometimes its just the way they are aslong as you dont overtighten a non humming bearing and just adjust it up to just past finger tight you will not have this prob .

[shail 0]

I had one go in about 18 months, I put it down to dodgy fitting / crap bearing. But as said above, it may be a problem with the hub.

[mtopple 0]

update, the noise is unbearable, it's loaduer than my exhaust which is saying something!!

it is making a wo,wo noise (sorry only thing I can think of!!) from 10mph and just gets louder the fast I drive. Make a little more going around corners, could it be the CV boot???

[kilokilla 0]

that sounds like a really dead bearing mate jack car up and spin wheel if its that bad it should still sound rough as feck and there should be play in it and id advise getting it sorted P D Q cos you could end up knocking other bits out around it and no it doesnt sound like cv to me mate they rattle not hum.

[mtopple 0]

thanks car goig in this week to Storm Developments they did the wheel bearings last summer so they can fix the issue. Thansk to all!