Well here's the story, I went up to glasshouse about a month ago and submerged my defender pretty heavily, it sat in the water for maybe 5 minutes in this pic.
I cleaned it all up and it didn't have any problems with anything, no noises or play in the wheel bearing when i checked it all.
Ive covered at least 1000ks in the weeks since and then yesterday it seems the bearing seized up while travelling 100 km/hr on the highway, managed to control the fishtail and get off the road into a service bay and had a look at it. I totally destroyed the tyre in this pic. Its worn back to to the belts.
I ripped everything off that side hoping it was something simple like a stuck drum, nothing was locked up, only the drive flange.
I got a tow truck to a mates place then a mate with his rangie picked me up. I was able to drive onto the trailer, the wheel was free to turn now, just has a massive amount of free play in it.
Basically my question is, Does a bearing usually make a grinding noise as they wear? Or do they fail like this one did, a sudden instant lockup?
Cheers,
Joe
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