How to tell if your wheel bearings are bad.
I took all 6 hubs off of my RV and it looks like the bearings have spun on the spindle. I have very slight galling On spindles and brown heat marks on bearing were it touches the spindle. On the oute...
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First of all, under normal conditions, and w/ normal maintenance, bearings are good for lifetime. If they go bad, its either defective, or had lack of maintenance.
A bearing is going to turn at its point of least resistance. If that is the inner race/spindle contact, then that is why it spun there. But that will never happen to a "good" bearing that is properly greased. If it really did spin, I would suspect it lacked grease, and tried to seize at one time or another.
A bearing is going to turn at its point of least resistance. If that is the inner race/spindle contact, then that is why it spun there. But that will never happen to a "good" bearing that is properly greased. If it really did spin, I would suspect it lacked grease, and tried to seize at one time or another.
