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What are the warning signs of a bad front bearing?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by ski.dive, Oct 8, 2024 at 9:51 AM.

  1. ski.dive

    ski.dive Active Member

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    What are the warning signs of a bad front bearing?
     
  2. Tombukt2

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    Noise generally sometimes you can pick up the offending wheel and spin it slowly and jog it back and forth and hear some scraping or spinning noises that are noisy when they should be pretty much dead quiet The TRQ bearings I get off eBay or inexpensive and usually when I get a new car that has above 200,000 mi no records in the glove box of the never being changed I have a loaded set of hubs sitting right here in the carport with lower ball joints new bearings sometimes sway bar end links at the ready takes 45 minutes aside to pop that stuff on with basic tools you can buy at Walmart and then I do the other side and then the next day or whenever I might do the rears I'm getting ready to lift the rear of a Prius I have 30 mm leave the front at stock height and put 205 60 15 tires all the way around it.