Front wheel bearings

[AnD3rew]

Haven't seen them mentioned much around here, just replaced the second one today at 90,000km.

Is this common or is it just mine? 2009 D3.

[Graeme]

Both of mine replaced just before 150K.

[Nomad9]

Hi Andrew,
RRS 2007 N/S noisy both replaced 120k ish, 2005 D3 209k, no record of them being changed, discs done though.

[jonesfam]

Just had both right hand side ones done at 135000k.
Seemed odd that both right hand side had gone off, I would have thought the left side would take more punishment. Bloke reckoned the left ones were fine.
Anyway made the car quiet again & fixed some dodgy handling feel.
Jonesfam

[Glynhouse]

MY07, 150K. Just replaced the driver side rear, it fell apart when put in the press ! Case was bright blue been a bit hot I think.

Was told at 120K the the passenger front had a little play I should think about it, strangely, have had it to 2 workshops over the rear bearing and both say nothing wrong with the front now ? That includes the one that said it needed doing 20K ago.

DD

[vbrab]

Just just had original front and rear hubs on 2007 D3 replaced at 320,000K's.
I wasn't aware there were any problems, but service people reckoned they all needed changing.
Was a bit put out at the prices they charged for parts, with front hubs at $350ea, and rear bearing kits at $175ea.
The front hubs were just aftermarket Timkin bearings version, which come into Australia at about $150 each with freight. Repairer says he only put 20% mark up on his cost, so looks like somebody is making a good margin bringing in aftermarket parts.

[NavyDiver]

Front right only for me at a bit over 300,000km :D 2005SE TDV6

[jonesy63]

Hi Andrew,
On my previous D3, I had the front bearings replaced at 132,000km service.

I'm now on 117,000km on my D4 and... no - I won't type it - that would be tempting Murphy to raise his ugly head! :D

[Ean Austral]

My passenger side front was noisy at 122,000 so I replaced both, easy job, the hardest part was deciding which replacement set to get.


The rears seem to be ok.


Cheers Ean

[Pedro_The_Swift]

My passenger side front was noisy at 122,000 so I replaced both, easy job, the hardest part was deciding which replacement set to get.


The rears seem to be ok.


Cheers Ean

What choices did you have Ean?

[Ean Austral]

What choices did you have Ean?


Gday Pedro,


I just looked on ebay prices ranged from $130 to $350 . just depends on which end of the spectrum you are game enough to choose.


Cheers Ean

[AnD3rew]

My mechanic charged me $500 for the hub assembly plus an hours labour. Maybe we need to have a chat, he does use genuine though.

[simpin68]

Hi Guys

I just paid $825 for a front wheel bearing hub, I feel a bit silly, should have done some research first.

I have recently upgraded from my beloved D2 to a 2005 D3 HSE TDV6 with 200K on the clock. I am loving the D3 but there is a drive train noise that is realy giving me the sh*ts.

The reason I booked it in to the service centre was because of the noise which they diagnosed as a front wheel bearing, even though I said the noise was coming from the rear. They said they put a stethiscope on the the diffs etc and said noises were what you would expect from 200K d3.

Anyway as you probably guessed the noise is still there but not as bad and at a higher speed (60 ish). It is most noticable when you have a full load of people and going up a hill, other times it can dissappear. It is a sort of low revolution soft thudding noise, it is quite slow so I can only imagine it is axle speed but I am guessing.

Anybody have any sugestions? Diff or maybe I need another bearing replaced? I'm a bit reluctant to take it back to the same mechanic at those rates.

[Calis]

They are more common then people think. Did my front left just on 130k on my 2009 D4. When I ordered the part here in oz from my indie parts guys he was like "we've never had them in no ones needed them".

So I got one from the UK. Called him back about 6 months later and hes like "we've ordered a whole bunch seems everyone needs em now" lol

From what I saw they just go very quick when they go.

[whitedisco]

111k 2008 D3 about 18 months ago. Near side front. Very crunchy sound and it got really bad over about 50 km. I had it replaced by a respected indie for $600 parts and labour at very short notice.

In retrospect there was a slight "unexplained" noise from the front left on braking about 300km before it suddenly got really bad.

cheers WD

[Redback]

For future reference, genuine front wheel bearing hub assembly from All4x4.

LR014147

Front Wheel Bearing Hub Land Rover Discovery 3 & 4 Range Rover Sport (http://www.allfourx4.com.au/epages/shop.sf/en_AU/?ObjectPath=/Shops/allfourx4/Products/LR014147)

Rear wheel bearing hub kit.

LR045917A

Wheel Bearing Hub Kit Rear Discovery 3 and 4 Range Rover Sport (http://www.allfourx4.com.au/epages/shop.sf/en_AU/?ObjectPath=/Shops/allfourx4/Products/LR045917A)


Baz.

[Clammy]

I just had my front left one done yesterday - 134K km

[Stuart02]

The reason I booked it in to the service centre was because of the noise which they diagnosed as a front wheel bearing, even though I said the noise was coming from the rear. They said they put a stethiscope on the the diffs etc and said noises were what you would expect from 200K d3.

Anyway as you probably guessed the noise is still there but not as bad and at a higher speed (60 ish). It is most noticable when you have a full load of people and going up a hill, other times it can dissappear. It is a sort of low revolution soft thudding noise, it is quite slow so I can only imagine it is axle speed but I am guessing.

Anybody have any sugestions? Diff or maybe I need another bearing replaced? I'm a bit reluctant to take it back to the same mechanic at those rates.

Did you work out what it was? I've got a not dissimilar 'thudding' which comes through the steering wheel and fades in and out. Have been quoted $1100 to replace front bearings, even though we're not sure that's the issue... ouch!