DTvn

I have to replace a wheel bearing and wondering if anyone has used a non-OEM one. I was looking to buy the National from RockAuto since they're a pretty trusted brand only thing throwing me off is this one review on amazon saying it triggered his VSA/ABS lights after installation. Is this a concern or is it just another case of some idiot messing up and leaving a bad review? It's listed as "popular" on RockAuto so I figured it'd be fine

horseshoez

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Front or rear or both?

nfnsquared

OP, the bearing has to be installed properly. Since you reference VSA, I assume you're referring to a front bearing. The brown side with the magnetic encoder has to be installed toward the inside of the knuckle. Page 18-16 of the service manual.

If they installed it backwards (and I've read about it happening), then yes, the system will throw lights and codes.

And why do you have to replace the bearing? It's pretty rare that a wheel bearing needs replacing...

DTvn

It's the front passenger side and it just went out. Seems really premature since the car only has 105k miles but i've looked at everything else and a few people have told me it's the bearing making noise.

I'm down for a second opinion if you want to give me yours. Car sounds like a helicopter at 40+ MPH even when i'm off the gas, when I curve left the sound is still there but it disappears when i curve right. Everything on the wheels feels tight when I do the wiggle test but i've heard that's not always a surefire method of diagnosing a bearing issue. I've replaced 2 tires that were starting to show wires, swapped front and rear tires, upped tire pressure.

DTvn

Front. Passenger side if it makes any difference

nfnsquared

axle joint?

DTvn

No noise on turns it's a pretty consistent loud hum when going straight

BROlando

Its probably a wheel bearing. Or cupped tyres.

105K is early for a wheel bearing. But it may have been from some impact at some point in the car's life. Or maybe someone left an axle nut loose during a service, or the axle stub stretched, or you got unlucky and got a defective bearing from the factory, or etc etc. It happens.


Does it spin rough by hand?

DTvn

Yeah it is a a good bit rougher. Drivers side spun fine, got about 2 rotations but using the same amount i barely got one rotation on the passengers side.

I had to take a detour through a neighborhood for about a month due to construction and there were some nasty potholes I hit pretty hard 2-3 times when I wasn't paying attention. Would that do it? It was always on the passengers side