Wheel bearings
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Wheel bearings
When should wheel bearings be replaced? I've read some things that say they last between 80,000-100,000 miles. My 2013 AWD GS 350 F-sport has 101,000 miles. Also, it makes a low grinding noise when I turn the wheel now. I don't think that it's the CV boots. I've checked those already. Do you think that it might be the wheel bearings? How can you tell?
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Joined: Jan 2019
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From: ON
I had one of my front wheel bearings go at about ~199k KMs (123k miles). Bought an NSK (made in Japan) bearing from rockauto for about $130CAD and a brand new axle nut from the dealer. I bought the 2nd bearing but it still hasn't gone bad about 30k KMs later.
The wheel bearing was making a pretty loud whine on the highway, usually the tell-tale sign of a bearing going. Grinding noise, I would double check over your brakes. I've had my old of pads that seemed to shift slightly when turning which would cause an on-and-off grinding noise at times.
The wheel bearing was making a pretty loud whine on the highway, usually the tell-tale sign of a bearing going. Grinding noise, I would double check over your brakes. I've had my old of pads that seemed to shift slightly when turning which would cause an on-and-off grinding noise at times.
