5000CSTQ wheel bearings

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>> Can anyone tell me why I'm about to replace the 4th rear wheel
>> bearing in just over a year.  I can't see anything wrong. I'm
>> using SKF FW-137.

Why isn't he using the Audi part? Doesn't TWO failures tell you
something?

> Circlips are in good shape?  Wheel bearing supported properly
> as the hub is pushed in (should be a flat plate so the hub goes
> _all_ the way into the bearing)?  No grease on the bearing when pushed in?
> (Shouldn't be any.)  Hub damaged (no longer a press fit in the bearing)?
> Oh, and the old favorite, car rolled around without the axle
> (or at least the outer CV joint) installed?

The Big Red Bus uses bolts, not nuts.  Audi's bearing kit includes a
new waisted bolt each time - I strongly suspect (from the torquing
instructions) that it's a stretch bolt like the cylinder head bolts.

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