bad bearing

[racsan]

found a bad bearing when i did my rotors last weekend. must be a material defect of some sort, all 4 were changed 30,000 miles ago and this one is the only bad one. hard to see but has pitted rollers. race didnt look damged at all. had no noise or vibration, i was pretty shocked to have found it. the weird thing of it is that back 4 years ago when i put new bearings in was because of a bad bearing in the same position, drivers side inner. that time it was the race that looked bad, almost like it had sat with water in it, you could see where each roller was in the race. i still have that race but the picture i have for it doesnt show up very well, this one aint great either but at least its somewhat veiwable.

 

[8sechonda]

hmm 4yrs? did u use cheap bearings? only way i know for pits to be in bearings is like dirt getting in them or pieces of bearing breakin down.. do both sides look like this ?
i had a nissan and i kept on breakin bearings on my left side and turns out that my spindle was jacked up....

 

[racsan]

just that one bearing was bad out of the 4. i think all replacement parts are "cheap" anymore, sure you can buy a timkin, but they are made in china now also, youre just paying for a name. brand names just dont mean much anymore, people worry about the middle east, but its china we really should be concerned with.