Checking wheel bearings....
I just replaced my wheel bearings, seals and races..... They were long overdue. The first one I changed looked good with lots of grease still everywhere. The second one same side still plenty of greas...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:
IMHO that was a huge waste of time and money.
Just because the grease was dark means nothing. How did the bearings and races look? Also the bearings you removed may have been of a higher quality than the new ones. Great you did maintenance but the bearings usually don't need replacing. Just clean, repack with new seals and you are good to go!
Bearings, races, seals, grease.... $125.00 IMHO, the bearings..... Almost nine years old and never touched just made more since to replace instead of re-pack. At the price I paid it was a no brainer. With me it's all about time and if the local shop would have been more reasonable I would have let them do it. Old bearings into the trash and new ones greased and in..... Spent more money to replace but definitely didn't waste any time.
This was my first time messing with this and more than one shop, person and manufacture ( Alco ) recommend replacing due to my lack of past maintenance.
