Ned -
Look here...

http://www.timken.com/products/bearings/services/valueadd/prevent.asp

Barry


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> 
> 
> How do you know when the front wheel bearings need to be replaced?
> 
> Do they get noisy?
> Does it become impossible to adjust them within spec?
> Do they pit and fracture like a damaged bicycle bearing?
> Should you just replace them at some mileage interval?
> 
> An inquiring mind wants to know.
> 
> I?m on a campaign of cleaning and repacking those bearings in my 
> ?fleet? as I replace front brakes.  But maybe I should be replacing 
> some of these bearings.
> 
> When the dealer serviced my car, they would sometimes repack the front 
> bearings and sometimes they would replace them.  I can?t figure out how 
> they decided.
> 
> Ned Kleinhenz
> ?95 E300D x2
> ?85 300D
> ?80 300TD


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