Front Wheel bearings 2011 2WD BT50

Batts the information your giving is WRONG big time....Front wheel bearings need to be serviced unless they are sealed units then you you have no choice but to replace .... Wheel bearings wont do hundreds of thousands of ks unless repacked with new grease, and re adjusted every 50,000ks or even less, Toyota recommend ten thousand.

Cheers Axle.

My GU Patrol had to have front bearings regreased/packed every 40,000km. Agree poor advice above about forgetting about them. Nothing worse than breaking down in the middle of know where!

Leroy

Guys,

It all depends on the vehicle. Not all 4WDs have agricultural front wheel bearings that require regular re-packing.

My 120 Series Prado had sealed, maintenance-free front wheel bearings. There is no provision for adjustment or re-lubrication.

Ditto my 2011-present Mazda BT50.

The OP's question was about a 2011 BT50, not a GU Patrol. The workshop manual for that model indicates a sealed bearing that can only be removed and replaced by removal of the steering knuckle and use of a hydraulic press. Hardly something to be done every 40k.

Cheers

The OP is talking about a 2wd. I have never had to work on one of these or the 4wd variant.
Is it possible the 2wd have sealed front bearings and the 4wd have serviceable bearings?
I have seen quite a few maintenance manuals that don't have the attention to detail they should have.

Cheers
Pop

No, Pop. The factory manual indicates both have sealed bearings. A slightly different procedure for removal and replacement of the steering knuckle, but once that is out work on the bearings is identical.

Cheers

If you read my comment I said did he ask the people who serviced it as to "why" they wouldn't have done it then he may have got the answer he was after. Also maybe I also should have wrote 'Your" wheel bearings are not usually greased regularly I was cementing on his vehicle and not every different make on the road.

I did for some reason make a mistake and said rear as well not sure why maybe early morning brain lapse.

AXLE ---- I think that the information that you are giving is WRONG big time, given the experience I have had with a vehicle that I owned whist I was in N.Z. I purchased it with 106800km, sold it with a further 150000km travelled --- a total of 256000km. I don't know if the front bearings were replaced prior to my purchase , but I can safely say that they had done 150000km with out failure and any repacking.

What you have posted does not agree with my experience.

My thoughts are on re packing as specified by Dealers is that they can charge for something that they don`t always do.

The vehicle did get a rebore during this time though---------

Regards G.T.

That's a lot of ks without knowing whats been done GT!.

A wheel bearing can collapse in a instant, think about it when on a freeway, and more importantly the others around you!

To keep driving to they fail or start getting noisy is a bit risky in my opinion, but every one to their own I suppose, I just think theres enough accidents out there without encouraging anymore.

If a Dealer is pacifically asked to check wheelbearings, and doesn't,

Then God help them if something goes wrong.,because of that neglect.

Just my Take on things.

Cheers Axle.

I used my GU as an example. The OP needs to find out what kind of bearings he has. Just forgetting about them is not good advice.

Leroy

Axle ----- A wheel bearing will collapse, but not in an instant. Prior warning will be apparent even to a person with out any mechanical knowledge. Noise , which comes more and more apparent as it deteriorates, especially when turning corners and a feeling of instability when steering eg wander etc.

It is not such a safety issue as you may make out. Vehicle inspections are carried out, say in N.S.W.-- once a year -- Pink slip.
All is done is that the front wheels are rotated and checked for noise, and for play. IF o.k. that is it for another year.
A vehicle could do 1000km or 100000km in that time. If it is such a safety issue , you would think that inspections would be at more frequent intervals. A wheel bearing will eventually collapse, not without giving adequate warning, which has to be ignored for quite some Km`s Regards G.T.

Yes generally you do get some warning when a bearing is going but it will depend on how bad it is if you can keep driving. I had a 4 runner front L/H bearing suddenly started to grind at 170,000 km just turning onto a freeway had to get towed. My current GQ rear left started grinding at 420,000 km but I was able to do around 400 km then get it fixed.

I'm with Mark on this one, having serviced or replaced the odd wheel bearing or 2 in my life.

As long as the seals are in good condition and no water or dirt has entered, and the end play/pre-load is checked at time of service, they should go at least 100,000 k's.

As an example my old 1991 Cruiser has still got the original bearings that Mr Toyota fitted in the factory. Only a baby with 300,000 on the clock, and being a mechanic, she/it gets all the love and care lavished on her.....NOT.

Sealed wheel bearings, sealed uni joints, what a wonderful idea....also NOT.

Cheers
Pop

pop2jocem posted:
"Only a baby with 300,000 on the clock, and being a mechanic, she/it gets all the love and care lavished on her.....NOT."


I have spent a few years in the motor trade in my younger days and my car gets much the same treatment. In forty years of marriage my wife has never ceased to be amazed at how little I do to our cars yet they never stop. The trick is knowing exactly what to do and when and that can vary considerably in accordance with the conditions it is driven in, particularly with 4wds.

It is no use sticking strictly to servicing schedules.

Gents,

A recent experience with wheel bearings.

Just had the front and rear suspension reconditioned on my Falcon sedan. Amongst other expensive items, they replaced both front wheel bearings, as one was a bit "rumbley". They'd done 190K kms.

The bearings are fitted to the hub, so one buys a new hub too.

On Toyota bearings, my 79 series has done about 290K clicks, on the original bearings, usually try to repack them every 40K, but that doesn't always happen! :-)

Like Pop, not too sure about these sealed wheel bearings? Might be okay on a Falcon/Commodore/Mazda 2wd, but good to know what's going on "down there" when one is prepping for a trip. Checking the cups and cones might just avert some grief further down the track.

Bob

Thanks mine is January 2011 model so will need checking.