Another bearing question...

[Lawrence C Leung]

Can't say directly without knowing load, ball size, etc, but at leask
100k km (60k miles) would be a reasonable bearing life. Only things that
would shorten that significantly (besides abusive installations!) would
be off-road racing, high speed road racing where overheating the bearing
is possible, uh, uh.........., oh yeah, accidents or running into
curbs......

LL - NY 

On Thu, 02 Nov 2000 09:35:20 +0200 Gerard <gerard at poboxes.com> writes:
>What is the intended lifespan of wheel bearings? I would reckon
>100,000km or more looking at how long the old ones went.
>
>I am going to approach them to guarantee that their work does not 
>kill
>my bearings in a short distance.
>
>You are right about the installation being of such a form that no
>circlip could ever be installed behind the hub. That is what bothered 
>me
>the first time round.
>
>I have given them the benefit of the doubt here, as it seems I am
>fighting with a brick wall and I am "the non-mechanic pleb".
>
>I will get my mechanic on it as well. These guys I used were chosen 
>'cos
>I had to install subframe and control arm bushings and dumped the 
>struts
>off at the same time.
>
>I'll be ordering spare bearings next week so that I have them for any
>future problems.
>
>G.