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Old 07-24-2005, 01:58 PM
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Exclamation Want to wait to change bearings???

So people that want to wait to change your bearings after they start making noise, look what will happen. The domino effect. The wheel bearings went bad, which in turn by bouncing back and forth destroyed the brake caliper which warped the rotor, which in turn wore out the cv joint, which ruined the diff.

First axle nut destroyed ( had to drive the car forward with the breaker bar on the ground to loosen it)

rear hub bolts had to be cut off because of rust
then the lateral link bolts cut off because bolts rusted into bushing sleeves.
So in part, the wheels bearing going out lead me to replace

strut
hub
rotor
caliper
axle
lateral links
and maybe the diff

and this is only one side
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Old 07-24-2005, 02:09 PM
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well that just sucks.......

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Old 07-24-2005, 02:33 PM
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well that just sucks.......

Tom
yep... and to to the mods I request this be a sticky somewhere so everybody sees and pays attention and maybe we can save another car.
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Old 07-25-2005, 12:33 AM
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I guess you are saying that they should be fixed before they become a REAL PROBLEM!
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Old 07-25-2005, 01:49 PM
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I think this would be an extreme case. I'm sure many members have gone further than they should have on bad bearings without running into this much problems.

It's still a good warning to keep up with the repairs on your car because if neglected they will add up very quickly.
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Old 07-25-2005, 09:39 PM
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I think this would be an extreme case. I'm sure many members have gone further than they should have on bad bearings without running into this much problems.

It's still a good warning to keep up with the repairs on your car because if neglected they will add up very quickly.
Not really, any east coast car that has any rust on it will encounter the same thing
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Old 07-26-2005, 10:15 AM
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Currently neglecting a bad rear wheel bearing. Thanks for making me feel bad about "fixing" the noise by turning up my stereo . I'll take care of it for real ASAP.
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Old 07-26-2005, 12:53 PM
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Not really, any east coast car that has any rust on it will encounter the same thing

Our shop is on the East Coast and I've never seen that. You'd really have to ignore the bearing for quite a while to get results that drastic.


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Old 07-28-2005, 10:32 PM
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Bearing Housing

I was under the impression that heat from failing bearings would take the housings first and that they're pretty expensive to replace. So far that hasn't happened to me and I'm about to replace my third set in two years. First two times the bearings were improperly installed. How critical are new axle nuts when replacing wheel bearings?
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Old 08-05-2005, 07:39 AM
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make sure

There was a bad batch of bearings which where not properly set up and fail very quickly. My mechanic installed mine and this guy is a legend and one rear failed within 1000klms dealer tried to suggest incorrect installation so we had an engineer take a look and the bearing had not been correctly put together. The dealer not only had to replace bearing but had to pay for install and covers.
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