I had to have both rear wheel bearings on my Jetta replaced within a couple
months of each other. What is it with mechanics that don't want to replace both
sides at the same time? I had the same trouble on my '85 190D, one front
bearing failed, my guy replaced it "Oh they never go bad together." The other
side failed exactly one week later, I replaced it myself in the driveway, that
was the day I taught myself to do wheel bearings, buggered the pre-load on that
one and it didn't last a whole year, did a better job the second time and it
lasted the year or so I kept the car...
-Curt
On Tuesday, December 4, 2018, 10:25:08 PM EST, Peter Frederick via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Finally got the new rear wheel bearing in the Golf tonight. Still have to get
a new nut soon, all the FLAPS sell the bearing and hub with a card that says
you don't get a warrenty without a new nut, but don't stock the nut....
Still have a lot of tire noise from the cupped inside edge (didn't rotate them
enough, and I think the bad bearing was part of the issue) but have new tires
ordered. Will fix that this weekend when the new tire goes on and I get an
alignment done.
So nice to drive without the roar of a bad wheel bearing from the left rear
side!
Not a bad job, had to split the inner race as I couldn't get a puller to grab,
but the new bearing and hub slid right on after I heated it up a bit.
Will check the other side soon, as I suspect if one is gone the other is on the
way, car has 188k miles now.
Peter
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