Near side wheel bearing keeps failing
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Near side wheel bearing keeps failing
I'd really like to do this job - replacing the ner side wheel bearing. It must have gone 10 times now. I've tried 3 different garages, the last one chaged the drive shaft and fitted a new bearing. This has failed in less than one month. I can't believe what they tell me anymore. It's an Activa and I've done most of the doable jobs on it - apart from this one!! Does the Activa have a different wheel bearing part spec?
Hi.. this is a really strange problem, I find it hard to believe that all three garages got it wrong... I wonder if the bearing carrier is warped ? -but its a hefty casting so perhaps unlikely. Could your brake caliper be binding and "boiling" the grease away ? Some more help is needed here... Is the activa that different to the normal xantia? Where is activa v6 when you need him ?
Reminds me of a montego that we had in, had 8 front wheel bearings because it was a notorious weak spot, Owner threatened to sue etc etc.
Turned out to be gearbox was low on oil all along, was slowly cooking itself, looked at the service book hadn't been serviced for about 40'000 miles
I'm not saying this is your problem though but worth a look, CV joints can make wheel bearing noises as well.
Turned out to be gearbox was low on oil all along, was slowly cooking itself, looked at the service book hadn't been serviced for about 40'000 miles
I'm not saying this is your problem though but worth a look, CV joints can make wheel bearing noises as well.
If you have done this ten times so far you are probably better at providing the answer than us. Can I ask what were the reasons for the failure by those who did the job that may times? I must admit that I would have been unhappy with unsatisfactory result after the second attempt? May I sugest you change the whole hub assembly as that might be a start ? If this problem is as bad as it sounds it seems your front sub frame is out of line. Is the tyre wear abnormal? What do you mean in that it has 'failed'?
Appart from the aforementioned Maestro/Montego range ( and that was only the early ones with the two bearing-race hubs ) you should only need to change wheel bearings once in the lifetime of the car- my BX is approaching the quarter million mile mark and its only ever had one rear bearing changed....
Something is clearly amiss here, wether its an alignment problem or not I don't know, but I would go with JohnT's suggestion and start with a new hub assembly from a scrapper, and see what happens then!!
Something is clearly amiss here, wether its an alignment problem or not I don't know, but I would go with JohnT's suggestion and start with a new hub assembly from a scrapper, and see what happens then!!
You don't happen to park your car on a road with a high crown by any chance? One that has a gutter that tends to fill with water fairly often?
I'm suggesting that if this is the case, then chances are the bearing is getting contaminated with water and road grit.
Just a lucky dip but sillier things have happened.
Alan S
I'm suggesting that if this is the case, then chances are the bearing is getting contaminated with water and road grit.
Just a lucky dip but sillier things have happened.
Alan S
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