I had a catastrophic wheel bearing failure on my 211. The race welded itself to the spindle, and there was nothing left of the bearing. The brake caliper was holding my hub on. I was less than a mile from home and I limped home. The spindle was destroyed and I had to replace it. I will say I never had a catastrophic wheel bearing failure before, so I will consider the 211 to be weak in this area...but I will also admit that it had been too long since I checked them. I've increased my inspection frequency since then. The vehicle probably had 160k miles on it at the time IIRC. It was a few years ago.

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Mark in MA
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