[AT] OFF-TOPIC. Wheel bearings

Ivan ivancou at windstream.net
Sun Jun 7 07:11:23 PDT 2015


  Spencer , its very common on gm from my experience and from what I've 
read . I've gotten 200K  on my older trucks up till I bought this 03 .   
Ivan    On 6/5/2015 8:50 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> I've had 2 vehicles lasting 300k and 3 more lasting more than 250k. I still own an isuzu with about 310K.  The rest were sold running well.  I have never once replaced a wheel bearing.  I've driven well over 1 million miles too.  Mine and my wife's daily drivers  just turned 200k and 150k.
>
> I am one of those folks that does not buy American cars.  All German and Isuzu till GM stole their diesel engine and ran them out of the country.   I do own a Ford 1 ton.  Yes I have already replaced a wheel bearing on the Ford.  It happened at 130k.  The seal blew so I replaced the bearing and both seals.
>
> Without starting a foreign car flame war, I have to ask:  Is this an American thing??
>
> Spencer
>
>> On Jun 5, 2015, at 19:16, Ivan <ivancou at windstream.net> wrote:
>>
>>    There has been some discussion about this on Class B forum
>> ,especially the newer chevy's .   Also a website about how to go about
>> greasing them . Seems they are sealed on the brake rotor side but the
>> back side is a dust sheild which lets the grease run out . Basically you
>> jack up the truck,remove wheel, brake calipers and rotor . Remove the
>> single allen head bolt holding the ABS sensor on . Now you can use a
>> needle adapter or make your own and add grease to it . All shown in the
>> video .
>>     Personal observation on my chevy, I have seen them with blue or red
>> grease so be carefull which you use . From what I understand they dont
>> mix well .  I havent found the round toit to try mine , too busy cutting
>> up firewood .
>>    Ivan          03 chevy on second pair of bearings and wobbling again
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