rear wheel hub

[Mark Rosenkrantz]

Those rear bearings were designed for a stock 150? HP early 1.8T.  They kept them right through the B5S4... Same bearing and hub.  So add in more power, lowered suspension, bigger rims with wider tires, track use or track tires.... It's not uncommon to have to replace them every 30,000 miles.

Mark Rosenkrantz
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On Mar 2, 2013, at 9:08 AM, Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com> wrote:

> And this is why I pull the double seals on new ones and pack additional
> grease in there before installing. Just be cautious on pulling the seals (I
> use a small pick), I'm sure there's a youtube vid on it. Put them back in,
> and away you go. Never yet had to replace a second time.
> 
> Tony
> 
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Mitchell Segal <mitchellsegal at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> Hi Danny,
>> 
>> Is this your first rear wheel bearing on that car, since it was new? I
>> guess I must have gotten a lemon or something like that, because on my 2001
>> A4 1.8QT, I have to replace the rear wheel bearings almost like they are on
>> a schedule.  The right-rear goes about every 50,000km, the left-rear goes
>> about every 85,000km.  I remember the first 2 were changed when it was
>> still under the 100,000km warranty, and since then I've had to the right
>> one 3 more times, and the left one 1 more time.
>> 
>> Doesn't seem to matter whose bearings I have.  The factory ones lasted just
>> 2-3 years, I assume they were replaced with more factory spec units.  I've
>> had jobber bearings, I've had the top of the line SKF bearings, doesn't
>> seem to make any difference.  They keep wearing out on a pretty fixed
>> schedule (got about 222,000km right now, expecting the left one to go again
>> this year, if it sticks to schedule)
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