Bearing Issue

L-town

L-town

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I know its been stated that I have a bearing issue. And shorty will probably get upset for me asking again. But I checked all my tires yesterday by doing the 12-6 rock back and forth and the 3-9 back and forth and there is absolutely no play in all 4 corners. Could it possibly be anything else.

 
Yeah I'm mad ya meatball! I even told you how to tell. Was it shake the wheels? Nooooo. Was it ask people online? Noooo.

Maybe if you brought the computer out to your car and posted exactly what it sounds like, some can tell you what it is.

This car was looked at by a master tech who's been fixing nothing but Subaru's for the past 20 years.

You asked for it alright... ;D

Now PULL UP YOUR PANTS AND FIX IT!

Oh, I forgot to mention. Nic wasn't asked to look at the wheel bearing. He heard it in the parking lot while bringing it in for an LOF and told me to tell him he needs a LF wheel bearing. He comfirmed this while it was in the air though.

 
OK OK hahah I was just hoping that maybe possibly it could be something cheaper but I guess I really have to pony up some money and get it fixed before the wheel does actually start wobbling and then one day decide to fall off. I just figured the wheel bearing fairy would come and fix it if I left it alone but she hasn't ;D

 
i had to pull on the bottom of the wheel with both hands and put my shoulder into the top of it to get it to tip that direction, then pull with both hands at the top and push with my foot at the bottom to get it to go the other way. it may not be as easy as just rocking it back and forth.

mine also didnt make any noise other than the rotor rubbing against the brake pad in corners, which sounded like me needing new brake pads.

lastly, when i replaced it i found it much more time effective to just buy the whole hub at norms subaru and get it shipped to me than to buy the bearing (more expensive than the whole used hub shipped) and have it pressed into the old hub. plus your old hub spindle might be toast if its been riding on that bad bearing for too long.

 
yeah buying a whole hub will probalby be the way I go when I do get it done. I'm afraid after as long as I have been running on that thing that it is toasted.

 
have noticed a distinct tendency of many STMers to be VERY slow and amazingly cheap about maintenance-related repairs, but predictably quick to blow wads of cash on half-baked mods...is there possibly a connection here??
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news flash ppl!! Waiting too long to fix minor stuff just causes more ploblems down de line. case in point--(not to pick on L-Town, but hey)

driving too long on bad wheel bearing (~$200 fix) can lead to: uneven tire wear, $100; worn brake pads n rotor, $150+; cooked spindle (more $$$) and/or even a wrecked RS if/when the abused wheel just decides to fall clean off. yada yada yada...and you still have to do the bearing anyway!

what is not to understand about this??? ???
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