I left my house today to go to work and did not get even a mile down the road, heard a bad humming/roaring sound from the front end of my truck. The truck also seemed to be struggling to move, as if the brakes were stuck. I came back home, called in to work and put the front end up on jack stands. Left front wheel spins fine, no noise, very easy rotation. The right front has obvious wheel bearing noise. Rough scraping sound and the wheel did not move nearly as easily as the left front did. The wheel itself was also a lot hotter to the touch than the left wheel was. But there was no movement of the wheel. For now it is still tight to the hub, no play at all in or out, top or bottom or sideways. Caliper and pads are OK.
So I am pretty sure I have a bad wheel bearing hub assembly. I just replaced my OE hubs in November 2012. I used Duralast hubs and am now finding out they may not have been very good quality. I just now ordered two Moog hubs from AAP, used the TRT41 code, did two transactions and saved $80.00 on the pair.
I hope the Moogs will do better but I wonder what exactly caused such an early part failure like this? It has been only about 15,000 miles on the Duralast hubs, they should not have failed this soon. I have new tires and my alignment is perfect. Ball joints and all other suspension parts are OK, so is my steering. Is Duralast just bad quality or what? I did see the Driveworks brand at AAP and Duralast at Autozone both have the same part number so they both come from the same factory in China. I did drive in some heavy rain on Friday, did not drive the truck at all on Saturday or Sunday, and when I pulled the wheels this morning the right front hub-rotor had water on it. The left did not. Could water have gotten past the seals on the bearing and caused this?
I am replacing both hubs today even though the left *appears* to be OK for now. I do hope these Moogs will be the "problem solver" they claim to be. Man I hate Mondays..
So I am pretty sure I have a bad wheel bearing hub assembly. I just replaced my OE hubs in November 2012. I used Duralast hubs and am now finding out they may not have been very good quality. I just now ordered two Moog hubs from AAP, used the TRT41 code, did two transactions and saved $80.00 on the pair.
I hope the Moogs will do better but I wonder what exactly caused such an early part failure like this? It has been only about 15,000 miles on the Duralast hubs, they should not have failed this soon. I have new tires and my alignment is perfect. Ball joints and all other suspension parts are OK, so is my steering. Is Duralast just bad quality or what? I did see the Driveworks brand at AAP and Duralast at Autozone both have the same part number so they both come from the same factory in China. I did drive in some heavy rain on Friday, did not drive the truck at all on Saturday or Sunday, and when I pulled the wheels this morning the right front hub-rotor had water on it. The left did not. Could water have gotten past the seals on the bearing and caused this?
I am replacing both hubs today even though the left *appears* to be OK for now. I do hope these Moogs will be the "problem solver" they claim to be. Man I hate Mondays..