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Dried out bearing


Rodney Colvin

Member
Joined
Oct 8, 2011
Messages
22
City
Cheyenne Wyoming
Vehicle Year
1995
Transmission
Automatic
What would cause my inner left bearing to dry out and the outer one stay greased? The right wheels bearings are fine. And I just replaced them all in august. There was no damage, just the grease was dry. Could the metal seal somehow be damaged?
 
Maybe you didnt pack the bearing right . or the bearing was NFG to begin with. Maybe it got tightened. You'll never know until you take it apart. If it is a really high pitched squeak, it could just a rock stuck between the rotor and the splash plate.
 
I would pull it back apart. Don't be surprised if you find water/rust inside there. Don't forget the seal on the outside can leak too. What brand were the bearings you used?

Sent from my Android tablet, YO!
 
I used whatever they sell at advanced autoparts. It didn't apear to have any water, mud anything in there. It stopped squeaking as soon I regreased them. The seal looked to be good, and when I replaced them the grease was brand new. I can't seem to figure out why this would happen.
 
If the rollers were discolored.....the bearing is bad.
 

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