IBOO57 Member 538 Member For: 14y 10m 2d Posted 29/12/10 05:44 AM Share Posted 29/12/10 05:44 AM So I replaced the front wheel bearings about 9 months ago with genuine Ford items and when I go for a drive today the drivers side is as noisy as and sounds ready to collapse.How long is it reasonable to expect a f*cking wheel bearing to last.Go back to HQ Holdens or XA Falcons and they would last 20 years as long as you pulled them out and re-greased them a few times.I would not have done 10,000 ks since I replaced these little cuntox's.I wont be giving the muppets at Ford my $ this time though. Shoulda bought a f***n Nissan I feel better now.......Seriously though these things eat wheel bearing like nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stazza_Brendan Donating Members 686 Member For: 14y 6m 4d Gender: Male Location: Mackay QLD Posted 29/12/10 05:57 AM Share Posted 29/12/10 05:57 AM Faulty factory part?How long did you get out of the original set? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBOO57 Member 538 Member For: 14y 10m 2d Posted 29/12/10 05:59 AM Author Share Posted 29/12/10 05:59 AM Had 95,000 on when I put the new ones in but I bought the car with 65,000 so no idea if they where the first set.The weird thing is both times they got real noisy very quickly.Not like there was a slight noise that slowly got louder. Just all of a sudden got very loud from one drive to the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluprinturbo Donating Members 605 Member For: 15y 11m 4d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 29/12/10 06:04 AM Share Posted 29/12/10 06:04 AM got a brand new repco unit sitting there if your interested. say $50? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotrana Member 2,586 Member For: 21y 16d Gender: Male Posted 29/12/10 06:10 AM Share Posted 29/12/10 06:10 AM Agree, stupid design and the cause of many brake shudder problems. On a Vt Late model camira I changed to the Coretech brand and found it to cure wheel shudder with no ohter changes. They must have a better manufacturing tolerances than the factory SKF. Maybe try coretech for the ford instead of the ford part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
power_slide Hitting the apex Donating Members 596 Member For: 15y 5m 28d Gender: Male Location: Miranda Posted 29/12/10 07:57 AM Share Posted 29/12/10 07:57 AM Do you have wheels with the wrong offset? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erko Donating Members 1,079 Member For: 20y 6m 13d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 29/12/10 08:22 AM Share Posted 29/12/10 08:22 AM who did the job? If its Ford good chance they didnt get it right.......10k is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBOO57 Member 538 Member For: 14y 10m 2d Posted 29/12/10 08:43 AM Author Share Posted 29/12/10 08:43 AM I did it ive been a mechanic since 1989.Not that theres anything too hard about it besides getting the old ones off if you dont have the right tools.After Googling it there are plenty of horror stories about them getting done with very low ks on them.I have bought a set already..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erko Donating Members 1,079 Member For: 20y 6m 13d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 29/12/10 08:45 AM Share Posted 29/12/10 08:45 AM true....I had to get a rear done after 19k or so....back again 2k later as Ford farked it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest XR09 Guests Posted 29/12/10 08:50 AM Share Posted 29/12/10 08:50 AM Doesn't take long to wear them out if they are not set true in the first place. Ah the good old days of the grease nipple lol god I am old ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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