My front wheel bearings have 170K miles and AFAIK they have never been
replaced. Gone through a couple sets of rear
ones, though.
Gotta admit, I thought the original poster was referring to king pins; can't
believe he'd need new stub axles at less
than 70K miles.
Bob
On 3/15/2012 5:00 PM, Michael Salter wrote:
> With all due respects to the wisdom on the list I would suggest that wheel
> bearings with 69K miles should be in perfectly useable condition if they
> have been properly lubricated and kept dry.
> Careful cleaning and inspection would be necessary but if no faults are
> found and there are no signs of corrosion or roughness they could be reused
> with new seals and new lubrication grease.
> Flame away!!!!
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