How often to re-grease wheel bearings?
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I would. Typically I do them when I do front brakes on a RWD vehicle. In 'MY' driving conditions that works out to about every 30,000-35,000 miles. IMO 64K is a lot of miles to have driven w/o repacking wheel bearings. 50,000 miles would have been my limit. What kind of vehicle is it? Did you check a shop manual or the OM for the mfgs recommendation?
I checked my OM and it doesn't say anything about wheel bearing grease. I guess I'll just repack them with a good synthetic grease when the weather improves a little. I did that to my 1984 Subaru once.
I may look into getting a good shop manual for my car (a 2003 Nissan Sentra).
I may look into getting a good shop manual for my car (a 2003 Nissan Sentra).
I don't think your wheel bearings are serviceable. Most front drives use a unit bearing.
Kestas
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Your rear wheel bearings are non-serviceable hub units.
Your front wheel bearings are cartridge-type. I'm pretty sure those aren't serviceable either.
Your front wheel bearings are cartridge-type. I'm pretty sure those aren't serviceable either.
Right. You won't be able to grease them. They press into the hub as a sealed unit. Don't worry about them.
Originally Posted By: Lurch
I checked my OM and it doesn't say anything about wheel bearing grease. I guess I'll just repack them with a good synthetic grease when the weather improves a little. I did that to my 1984 Subaru once.
I may look into getting a good shop manual for my car (a 2003 Nissan Sentra).
Now knowing what exactly you're driving that changes everything. No service, no worries.
I checked my OM and it doesn't say anything about wheel bearing grease. I guess I'll just repack them with a good synthetic grease when the weather improves a little. I did that to my 1984 Subaru once.
I may look into getting a good shop manual for my car (a 2003 Nissan Sentra).
Now knowing what exactly you're driving that changes everything. No service, no worries.
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