bad wheel bearing?

[Jeremiah Curry]

My rear bearings failed to the point were the wheel and tire came off at 70
mph.  I never heard a squeak, and I often turn off the radio to listen for
any strange sounds from my car.  Guess it just depends how lucky you are how
much of a warning you get.

Jeremiah Curry
'85 Coupe GT

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Rex Pedersen
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 9:27 PM
To: audi
Subject: bad wheel bearing?


Most wheel bearings just howl for quite some time(and get worse). My last
one started serious grinding in a short time. In fact it started poping like
a bad CV joint as well. Much different than all the other bearings I have
replaced.
Rex Pedersen
Ludington, MI
86 5ks wagon
87 5ksQ
90 V8q
http://fega.com/rex/rexsaudi.htm
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Last year my URQ started making a nasty grinding noise about 3 miles from
home. I drove slowly home and found a bad driver side front wheel bearing.
The grinding was the first indication anything was amiss. It was bad enough
I
had to replace the hub. I'm very conscious of mechanical noises and
vibrations, so I was really surprised by the severity of the failure.