Re: mysterious bearings

[Dennis Healy <dennis68@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So what's your asking price??

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Dennis Healy <Dennis68@domain.elided>





on 8/10/01 2:30 PM, FVEE48@domain.elided at FVEE48@domain.elided wrote:

> Hello everyone:
> I am mostly a lurker, with an occasional question. I want to relate some
> strange occurrances with my 1995 325iA.
> At 52,000 miles, my wife was driving on the Turnpike when the left front
> wheel bearing simply gave out. A frightening experience, to say the least.
> Car towed to our mechanic's garage, and repair completed. Cause: unknown.
> Now, at 63,000 miles, our  right rear wheel bearing began making growling
> noises and had to be replaced.  The car is back in today because the rear of
> the hub , where the bearing evidently butts up , was slightly damaged and
> they have to replace the bearing (again) and the hub.
> The mechanics are mystified by these bearing failures.  We are the second
> owners, getting the car in '97 with 20K miles. It was on a two year Corporate
> lease prior to our buying it.
> The car has not been hit, wrecked, etc. No history of anything unusual.  In
> fact, the rest of the car has been outstandingly compliant.  But these
> bearing failures bother us. We are beginning to doubt the car's dependability
> yet don't want to sink money into the right front and/or left rear bearings !
> Anyone have any thoughts on these mysterious failures?  ( As a dig, my wife
> says Ford Tauruses and a whole host of other cars go through their entire
> 200,000 mile lives without wheel bearing failures. Unfortunately for our BMW
> egos, she is correct).
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