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Wheel bearing life
Snuggs - 29/7/10 at 10:12 AM

How many miles should rear wheel bearings last ?

I had an MOT on the Viento yesterday and there was play in the OSR bearing.
They were new when the car was built and have done less than 10000 mls.



Clive


interestedparty - 29/7/10 at 10:14 AM

are they sure it was the bearing itself, any possibilty of the bearing housing bolts being a bit loose?


big-vee-twin - 29/7/10 at 10:25 AM

If the bearings aren't Torqued up correclty, they wear prematurley.


mark chandler - 29/7/10 at 02:30 PM

correctly set up on a heavy car, 100k miles, on a light car ~200k miles.

If its worn out then incorrect adjustment or forgot to lubricate with clean grease


Snuggs - 30/7/10 at 08:42 PM

quote:
Originally posted by interestedparty
are they sure it was the bearing itself, any possibilty of the bearing housing bolts being a bit loose?




Yep it was loose bolts, I will check the other side tomorrow


Be warned gents, CHECK YOUR NUTS