Gone through 2 Wheel bearings in 1000miles

[stuart1989]

Now lads, obviously ive got quite a serious problem on my hands cause im going through bearings like theyre going out of fashion... when i got my car the wheel bearing was buzzing away, so i got new discs & bearings fitted about 500miles ago, and it went again literally straight away, when the garage took the bearing out it was cracked, so they pressed a new one in for me as i couldnt see the point in buying new discs after so little miles, then to my amazement, its gone again!


So could anyone shed any light on what tha fooook is happening ?! The local garage suggested my 'stub' could be bent causing them to constantly crack due to not being straight??



As usual thanks in advance for the help

 

[Hutchie]

guessing rear, have they fitted the spacer ring.

 

[stuart1989]

Yeah rear one dude.

I couldnt tell you for certain, but id say yes as they were fitted by a very reputable company.

 

[DannyR]

I'd say spacer ring/washer (known as a deflector at Renault) hasn't been fitted!

 

[Hutchie]

Well i would say, if they were doing the job correctly the wheel bearing would last longer. obviously i cant cast that much of an opinion without knowing exactly what they have done, or looking at your car, its not a common problem for rear bearings to wear that quickly obviously. if you had said front bearing i would of been able to suggest why, the driveshaft nuts are know to sometimes come loose after a few hundred miles. but since its the rear i cant suggest anything any further.

 

[jordan172]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270462568120&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

were they genuine? my mate put cheap s**t on his and he had the same problem
bought these and a year later no problems at all

 

[stuart1989]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270462568120&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

were they genuine? my mate put cheap s**t on his and he had the same problem
bought these and a year later no problems at all

Yeah they were genuine parts mate.




Hutchie you have PM.

 

[jordan172]

Yeah they were genuine parts mate.




Hutchie you have PM.

ah right. was the center nut torqed up to the right ft lb

 

[stuart1989]

ah right. was the center nut torqed up to the right ft lb

Im not sure on that either but id have thought so, yes.

 

[jordan172]

in that case..... you need jesus.

cant think of anything else. i replaced mine with genuine a few years ago and have been spot on unless you have just been unlucky and had a bad batch?

 

[swordjo]

Exact same thing is happening to me mate, first one went after 200 miles, this one went after 1 f**king mile!

Is it possible to fit discs with abs rings to a 172 Cup?

Could have been killed the first time as it went at 60mph.

 

[marinemackay2003]

Whip them off and have a look to see if the spacer is there

Only other thing I can think is been tourqed up too tight

Either way I would be taking it back to the garage and complaining big time

 

[swordjo]

The spacer wasn't there the first time in mine. I'll be getting them to pick mine up on a flat bed and get it fixed AGAIN. F*cking spanner monkeys.

 

[stuart1989]

Spacers are there on mine, turns out the stub axle or something is bent says Renault, they want £650 to fix it...