Wheel bearings
After 12 years and 10's of thousands of miles a tire tech advised me that I should have my brakes and wheel bearings checked. Bottom line breaks were still good and the wheel bearings also. I do not...
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proxim2020 wrote:Aqua-Andy wrote:
Actually they do. If you disassembled that failed wheel bearing from your Avalanche you would find of all things, two tapered bearings filled with grease. The trick is they use quality parts and not Chinese ****. GM uses Timken bearings as OE. So replace your bearings with a quality product and use good grease, you should be good for years. Other posts claim there is a difference weather on a truck or trailer, there really is not.
The bearings are supplied with a lifetime of grease and are permanently sealed.
Sorry, I guess it just sounded like you were saying that there was more grease than is actually there. Please don't get me wrong, I am in favor of preventive maintenance. I just don't see the benefit of wasting time and money replacing perfectly good parts. I have worked as a tech in GM dealers for over twenty years and in that time I can count on one hand the amount of bad serviceable tapered wheel bearings I have seen. The majority of these bearings would run between 30K and 50K miles between services, the only reason they would be serviced is they would have to be removed to turn the rotors. I would bet that the majority of failed trailer bearings were due to improper service rather than a worn out or faulty part.
