rear wheel bearings help

[alancordeiro at att.net]

O.K. Bernie, I'll bite, how did you relubricate the bearings? (I lost the 
first at 160k,
the second at 200k and the third at 245k. I changed the last one at the same 
time,
since I could not figure out how to grease it without removing the spindle 
from the hub.
Since I gave it to the machine shop to press out..it made sense to give them 
a new
bearing to press in at the same time, and be done with all of them.)

Alan



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bernie Benz" <b.benz at charter.net>
To: <PeterBergin at aol.com>
Cc: "200q20V mailing list" <200q20v at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: rear wheel bearings help


> So, did I guess correctly, are they the same bearing as used in the
> front?
>
> IME with fronts, a factory lubed bearing is planned for a life of
> 100K to 200K. A properly relubed bearing will last an additional 300
> to 400K.
>
> Merry Christmas!
>
> Bernie
>
>
> On Dec 22, 2007, at 2:29 PM, PeterBergin at aol.com wrote:
>
>> I had both my rears go out this year, one at 215k and one at 221k.
>> May have been related to a problem when I slipped in new rear pads
>> at 185k. The E brake stuck and both rotors got hot.  I also
>> replaced both on my old 5000 Avant somewhere over 200k,
>>
>> Pete
>>
>>
>>
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>
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