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07-28-2011, 09:08 PM
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Re: wheel bearing failure
How can you tell when a front bearing goes? What are the symptoms?
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07-29-2011, 05:03 AM
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Re: wheel bearing failure
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I've never had one go without lots of warning. And when they went my wheels didn't point in. Are you sure it's not a tie rod?
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07-29-2011, 05:18 AM
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Re: wheel bearing failure
In years past I've driven with snarling wheel bearings for months but never had one just "go out." Total, simultaneous failure of more than one seems extremely unlikely.
How can you tell when wheel bearings are going bad? A whine/drone that increases in frequency with speed. Not hard to localize. Gets worse with time. When I bought my teal at +104,000 mi. the rear bearings sounded like rolling 55-gallon drums half filled with marbles. dcb
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07-29-2011, 07:09 AM
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Re: wheel bearing failure
Having made ( R&D ) bearings for Torrington and later Timken for combined 38 years, bearings from extensive testing they should not explode. Failure is usually slow and noisy. you maybe play your radio too loud. The car I just bought had failing front bearings. PO told me they were bad . I could not hear them during my short test drive . He said he could tell when he was changing the tires. He replaced them and had it realigned before he delivered the car. Timing belt idler bearings were going also . I did hear them,They make a chirping sound. He replaced timing belt and them too before delivery.
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07-29-2011, 08:08 AM
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07-29-2011, 08:09 AM
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07-29-2011, 11:47 AM
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Re: wheel bearing failure
I've seen the wobble from a worn front bearing. The wheel will wobble as if the lugs are slightly loose.
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07-29-2011, 01:58 PM
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Re: wheel bearing failure
It is the wheel bearings. I was towing the car to a friends house to put in the transmission and right at the end of my street they gave out. And no it made NO noise what so ever, the only thing that was preventing this from happening was the cv axles. The bearings came OUT of the knuckles.
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07-29-2011, 02:02 PM
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Re: wheel bearing failure
Both at the same time? That's pretty nuts. Wouldn't they have to have fallen clean off to point in different directions? I think we all want pics?
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Disclaimer: The above post is on the internet. Last edited by LetItSnow; 07-29-2011 at 02:07 PM.
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