///Audience
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A while back i slipped my car on some ice and hit a shoulder sideways. The result was both my passenger side wheels were bent under.
Fast forward a month and my car is out of the shop with new upper and lower control arms, brakes, wheel hubs, and quite a bit of other stuff. Since getting my car out of the shop, I have gone through 3 rear wheel bearings. I noticed the issue when I picked up the vehicle and had tremendous amounts of what I thought was tire noise (I replaced the tires at the time of the repairs). The shop diagnosed the issue as a faulty wheel bearing and replaced the entire hub. This one lasted all of 2 days until the noise was back. The shop replaced it and could not explain what would cause it to fail. This one lasted all of 1 day. The current wheel bearing is not making the same loud drone sound like the last 2 but rather a loud popping and scrapping sound when driving over 5mph. I was able to jack the vehicle up and spin the wheel and recreate the noise at the wheel bearing. Unfortunately i was forced to drive the vehicle in this condition and after a few minutes at highway speed the popping stopped completely. When I got home, i noticed a bit of liquid on the wheel in question which i can only assume is brake fluid.
The shop assures me that the alignment was flawless and there is zero cause for these repeated failures.
Any suggestions?
*quick recap*
-Car was wrecked
-Wheel bearings last 1-2 days
-Currently on the 3rd one
-wtf is going on?
Fast forward a month and my car is out of the shop with new upper and lower control arms, brakes, wheel hubs, and quite a bit of other stuff. Since getting my car out of the shop, I have gone through 3 rear wheel bearings. I noticed the issue when I picked up the vehicle and had tremendous amounts of what I thought was tire noise (I replaced the tires at the time of the repairs). The shop diagnosed the issue as a faulty wheel bearing and replaced the entire hub. This one lasted all of 2 days until the noise was back. The shop replaced it and could not explain what would cause it to fail. This one lasted all of 1 day. The current wheel bearing is not making the same loud drone sound like the last 2 but rather a loud popping and scrapping sound when driving over 5mph. I was able to jack the vehicle up and spin the wheel and recreate the noise at the wheel bearing. Unfortunately i was forced to drive the vehicle in this condition and after a few minutes at highway speed the popping stopped completely. When I got home, i noticed a bit of liquid on the wheel in question which i can only assume is brake fluid.
The shop assures me that the alignment was flawless and there is zero cause for these repeated failures.
Any suggestions?
*quick recap*
-Car was wrecked
-Wheel bearings last 1-2 days
-Currently on the 3rd one
-wtf is going on?
