Thread: Wheel Bearings

Longevity depends on where you drive it Mike, if you do alot of mud, sand and dirt, chances are they will fail sooner than expected, the front end bits on these vehicles will fail long be before the rears, because of the forces applied to it, braking, cornering etc...

Also age would play a part in the failure too.

Not something you want to happen on important days mate, eh..

No it was the proverbial pain. Irony is that the car was parked up on the weekend in an office car park on Delhi Road, directly opposite Macquarie Park Cemetery, the same cemetery where she wants to rest.
Cheers
Mike

My front bearing went before 70,000

Originally Posted by AnD3rew

My front bearing went before 70,000

In that case I have done very well, makes me feel pretty good. Sorry Andrew
Cheers
Mike

I managed to get 307,000k's out of all my wheel bearings.
Drove it 1650k's to city for a service (never heard or noticed anything untoward).
When I came to collect my car, my service person had replaced all 4 wheels at same time as he felt they had all failed at once.
What added insult to injury was being charged better than Genuine LR dealer prices for aftermarket hubs and bearings. hmmmm.

Originally Posted by vbrab

I managed to get 307,000k's out of all my wheel bearings.
Drove it 1650k's to city for a service (never heard or noticed anything untoward).
When I came to collect my car, my service person had replaced all 4 wheels at same time as he felt they had all failed at once.
What added insult to injury was being charged better than Genuine LR dealer prices for aftermarket hubs and bearings. hmmmm.

That's not acceptable I would never go back to someone who did that. The appropriate etiquette is to give you a call for anything outside of the normal service items and get verbal approval. Should also give you the choice of genuine or non genuine.