RE: mysterious bearings

["Aaron Ness" <aaron@xxxxxxxxxx>]

That does seem premature, but is it safe to consider the two incidents
unrelated?  Is it also safe to assume that the rear wheel bearing damaged
the hub, which would have prevented the second failure?

People can have 200,000 relatively trouble-free miles in a Taurus, like your
wife mentions, and people can have as many trouble-free miles in a VW, BMW,
Yugo (well, maybe that's pushing it), or any other car.  It all comes down
to your personal preference, along with what you can afford and what it's
worth to you.  Don't scrutinize that particular problem and compare that to
other cars.  A couple years ago we were in the market for an inexpensive
used car, and I looked through the Ford listings in the paper.  I was amazed
at how many late '80s Tauruses were advertised as having a rebuilt
transmission or having tranny problems.  Every make, and even every model,
has its own unique weaknesses.

Aaron
'87 528e
'82 Scirocco
'70 Beetle
'82 Kawasaki GPz550


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-bmw@domain.elided [mailto:owner-bmw@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
> FVEE48@domain.elided
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 1:31 PM
> To: bmw-digest@domain.elided
> Subject: mysterious bearings
>
>
> 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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