any reason why i would be going through wheel bearings...i have replaced the passanger side and the drivers side twice and both hub assemblys need to be replaced again wtf, its an 03....i tourque them to the recomended 180-185ft lbs...and they seem to loosen up, its just an axle nut and a flat washer..no lock washer or anything...i even put loc tite on them
any suspension or alignment modifications?
what type of mileage did you get out of the bearing?
no suspension mods everything is stock alignment is good, i think ive only got about 10k at most out of them
only seen issues with cheap line bearings.
This wasn't a skf or precision bearing was it? I saw many cheap Chinese ones come back this soon at the autoparts store in my day
Not sure...i bought them from advance auto....cost about $70 3 year warranty ...but wtf..im sick of changing it
on my 01 Ive replaced them 3 times on my fronts. I bought a set from Napa prem. They are holding up not troubles. I guess some times bad machined parts fail. Its one of those things that happens when products are made in china. No quality.
If you spent 70 dollars on it. It's the cheap ass driveworks, I have one on my car and having problems in less than a year. If it has 3 year warranty its a moog. They are a lot better quality but I have still seen a couple come back with issues
It is a moog bearing...dont know why they keep letting go....and i put loc tite on the axle nut to keep it from.loosening back up..aparently i put to much...as the axle nut cam off it stripped all the threads off the axle...lucky me...time for another new axle...
Are you torquing them with the tire off the ground?
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Yea..i put a bar between the wheel studs and turn the wheel till the bar hits the ground and keeps the wheel from moving
Jason Preissler wrote:Yea..i put a bar between the wheel studs and turn the wheel till the bar hits the ground and keeps the wheel from moving
How are you seating (drawing it into place) the bearing? The proper way is to slow tighten the bolts evenly all around. There should be NO pounding on the hub or bearing assembly at all. Is the bearing/hub assembly properly seated? Is there something between the the hub seat and the steering knuckle keeping it from seating flush and properly? Any improper alignment will obviously cause premature bearing failure.
Not sure if you did these all properly or not and don't know your back ground on being able to work on cars either, so I am not assuming you knew or know any of what I listed above. If you did and did it all properly, then I am at a loss at the moment.
