With nice weather, I drove slowly with the windows open the other day. I heard some grinding noise and decided to check out if they are caused by bad wheel bearings. Put the car on the jack stands and rotated each wheels. No play when shaking them side to side and top and bottom. I think both rear wheel bearings needs replacing as they sound the same.
Front ones are not as bad and won't need replacing anytime soon. They require little effort to turn and once you let go after spinning, they keep spinning for a couple of turns.
Car is 2012 Acura TL SH-AWD with 100K miles.
Rockauto has Timken, SKF, and other "economy" brands. Should I try Ultra-power for fun of it for half price of SKF? Probably will get Dorman re-boxed with Ultra-power ones, but I have had some good long term usage out of Ultra-power brands in the past. Rear wheel bearing DIY seem pretty straight forward vs. front ones. I see different opinions on quality of wheel bearings as some of big name brands have gone down in quality.
Front ones are not as bad and won't need replacing anytime soon. They require little effort to turn and once you let go after spinning, they keep spinning for a couple of turns.
Car is 2012 Acura TL SH-AWD with 100K miles.
Rockauto has Timken, SKF, and other "economy" brands. Should I try Ultra-power for fun of it for half price of SKF? Probably will get Dorman re-boxed with Ultra-power ones, but I have had some good long term usage out of Ultra-power brands in the past. Rear wheel bearing DIY seem pretty straight forward vs. front ones. I see different opinions on quality of wheel bearings as some of big name brands have gone down in quality.