Originally Posted by fdanielson

I think you hit the nail on the head there. Whenever I do the brakes on a car I pull the drums or rotors to have them cut or replaced and when re-installing clean and repack the bearings. Many DIY'ers will pop the wheel off, replace the pads, and put the wheel back on which results in wheel bearings not being serviced. The service interval for bearings is generally longer than brake pads so if you do a proper job when servicing the brakes there should never be an issue with the bearings.