Average age of bearings?
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Re: Average age of bearings?
Average life of bearing would be ?
There is no specific life expectancy.
A wheel bearing is good until it goes bad.
A bearing then needs to be replaced when it goes bad.
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Re: Average age of bearings?
what complications I can get into for not replacing them?
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Ignoring the problem, depending on how bad it gets, can lead to significant damage and considerable expense....and if a bearing problem allows the wheel to become loose, you could lose control of the car, the wheel could detach itself from the car (fall off), causing harm to yourself, passengers, and others on the road.
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Most failures will cause noise.... Most average drivers don't seem to really notice the unusual noise until it becomes very loud and sounds like a small 4 passenger single prop aeroplane flying next to your car.
Ignoring the problem, depending on how bad it gets, can lead to significant damage and considerable expense....and if a bearing problem allows the wheel to become loose, you could lose control of the car, the wheel could detach itself from the car (fall off), causing harm to yourself, passengers, and others on the road.
Ignoring the problem, depending on how bad it gets, can lead to significant damage and considerable expense....and if a bearing problem allows the wheel to become loose, you could lose control of the car, the wheel could detach itself from the car (fall off), causing harm to yourself, passengers, and others on the road.
thank you for the reply !!
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Tire tread irregular wear can also cause noise that sounds very similar to a bad wheel bearing
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