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This, folks, is why I always say it isn't responsible to operate a truck straight from GL until a full, by the book annual service has been done.
Imagine if this had been on the highway....
Try this,
I know all about that. When I was 17 I spent two days after work in a convience store parking lot replacing a front spindle on my '72 CJ when one of my wheel bearings gave up the ghost after a weekend of deepwater 4wheeling and neglected to check things afterwards. The first 5 hours was spent trying to remove the bearing race that I was just sure was supposed to just slide off.He ain't out of the woods yet, dry bearings like that may have spun the race on the spindle("welding it on").
Very lucky indeed. That wheel coming off at 45mph in traffic...............This, folks, is why I always say it isn't responsible to operate a truck straight from GL until a full, by the book annual service has been done.
Imagine if this had been on the highway....
He ain't out of the woods yet, dry bearings like that may have spun the race on the spindle("welding it on").
I take it you have done no maintenance or checks of your truck. Time to do all the wheels and brakes.
Got it private sale from a man who buys them from GL and services them before selling. It was on the highway at about 50mph when I discovered things were going south with the front axle and brakes. The truck is well maintained, failures happen.
Sorry, but those pictures clearly show a wheel bearing that was not well maintained.Got it private sale from a man who buys them from GL and services them before selling. It was on the highway at about 50mph when I discovered things were going south with the front axle and brakes. The truck is well maintained, failures happen.
How long have you owned it?
Thats a piss poor attitude when your driving on the public roads with my wife and kids. I was willing to give you the benifit of doubt. But you just lost all respect from me with that statement.
He ain't out of the woods yet, dry bearings like that may have spun the race on the spindle("welding it on").
I take it you have done no maintenance or checks of your truck. Time to do all the wheels and brakes.
Lets not get too preachy around here, it could have just been bearing failure not lack of maint.No need to cast doubt on the mans integrity.
Post 10, pic 1. That thing is clearly full of mud (or was). Those bearings are dry and have been for a while. If it heated up and melted the grease out he should have seen it well before this. This failure did not "just happen"
I'm asking how long he has owned it because of this, Did spoon take it offroad and then neglect to inspect it afterwards? That neglect can kill someone. Or did he just buy it on the words of the seller that it was "well maintained"? If that were my truck and that happened within a few days of buying it I would be over to sellers house pronto. (and pretty pissed off)
Sorry, but if the guy who sold it to you told you that he serviced those bearings 1000 miles ago, never buy anything else from him again.Its full of baked grease from it riding on the brake shoe for a few hundred feet. There is some dust and dirt mixed in there I'm sure. I have owned it since February and do know that when I took possession of the truck the bearings, brakes and seals were inspected and serviced as needed. All of ~1,000 miles I've put on it did not expect to require a wheelbearing change out. I have not been cruising around river beds or deep water fording. No leaks or drips, couldn't hear any noise it may have been making over the exhaust and tires howling. It could have done a lot of things and you could die tomorrow on your way to work/school/routine. I stay ontop of maintenance as much as possible with the truck. You can take your high horse somewhere else.