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Bad right-rear wheel bearing - What caused this?

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Old 05-22-2008, 12:18 PM
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I'm gonna tighten my axle nuts, get my tires replaced, and pray that sounds goes away. I'm PRETTY sure its my tires howling. While the rears are off I'll check the bearings for any slop.
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Same thing with me at 85k miles but mines was the driver side rear wheel bearing.
Old 05-23-2008, 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by rikhemi,May 22 2008, 06:16 PM
Same thing with me at 85k miles but mines was the driver side rear wheel bearing.
check it out and see how it goes. Lift your wheel and shake it if you can. Any sign of mobility means a repair needs to be done. With bearing and hub intacted very healthy, the wheel shouldnt move at all. If little play, then not much at all.
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It is a design that requires consistant high torque on the hub nut... and the torque spec from the factory and in all the manuals was too low for years. Many destroyed wheel bearings later the dealers know how to fix it but it was generally a design/production screw-up to begin with. Not caused by driving.
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Originally Posted by cdelena,May 23 2008, 09:24 AM
It is a design that requires consistant high torque on the hub nut... and the torque spec from the factory and in all the manuals was too low for years. Many destroyed wheel bearings later the dealers know how to fix it but it was generally a design/production screw-up to begin with. Not caused by driving.
thanks for the input
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my rear driver side hub/bearing had to be replaced at 90K.

there was a lot of rust inside...
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