When was the last time the front wheel bearings were serviced?

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Jim

Fronts 3 years ago. Rears never.

I always check for play when I rotate and when I do seasonal snow / summers they were always tight and noise free.

Obviously not serviced enough.

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1999 Mercedes E300TD daily driver sold at 238K miles 106K miles were mine, rust worm got it :-(
2006 Mercedes CDI new daily driver! 56,000 miles May 2016 now 85,625 Apr 2018 and Apr 2019 101,000 miles Apr 2020 109,875. March 2024 135,250, Dec 2024 145,000 miles

How many miles are on the vehicle? The one being parted out has 200k.

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-- Chris

'95 E300, 216k miles, Silver Surfer
'05 E320 CDI, 138k miles
'07 S550 4matic, 69k miles

Gone but not forgotten:

'76 300D, 350k miles?, SOLD in 1995
'75 240D, 300k miles, SOLD in 1991

340,000km

211,000 miles

barely broken-in?

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1999 Mercedes E300TD daily driver sold at 238K miles 106K miles were mine, rust worm got it :-(
2006 Mercedes CDI new daily driver! 56,000 miles May 2016 now 85,625 Apr 2018 and Apr 2019 101,000 miles Apr 2020 109,875. March 2024 135,250, Dec 2024 145,000 miles

Some 606s I know of still had the factory hatching at 300K miles. So yes, hardly broken in. Where are you located if selling is the plan?

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Only diesels in this driveway.
2005 E320 CDI 243k Black/Black
2008 Chevy 3500HD Duramax 340k
2004 Chevy 2500HD Duramax 220k

Maybe someone put a Chinese replacement bearing on that front axle at one time. I had to prove to myself just how bad some of them are unfortunately.

Fooled me a few years ago. I have seen them fail in very little time and miles with the worse ones.

Parts are in and installed $$$$$

They couldn't get the speed sensor off to transfer over to the new part so I have no cruise control, BAS SRS and ABS lights on the dash.

They also examined the passenger's side and found it as now. It was repacked and we are on the way.

Driving without cruise gives poorer mpgs in my case.

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1999 Mercedes E300TD daily driver sold at 238K miles 106K miles were mine, rust worm got it :-(
2006 Mercedes CDI new daily driver! 56,000 miles May 2016 now 85,625 Apr 2018 and Apr 2019 101,000 miles Apr 2020 109,875. March 2024 135,250, Dec 2024 145,000 miles

same here, seen a number of bearing failures lately (wheel, pulley, etc) and 100% of the recent failures were no-name no-markings, most likely chinese.

i just replaced a brand new no-name no-markings belt pulley where the bearings failed, overheated, and seized solid. the no-name pulley had less than 20k miles on it. i replaced it with my old used genuine mercedes pulley (made by ina) that had more than 80k miles on it, but was still silky smooth and tight.

when it comes to ball or roller bearings, use skf, fag, or ina. nothing else. a single flat-bed ride makes the chinese ones a lot more expensive.

Went to the dealer today where I purchase most of my parts locally and they wanted $119 to reset the codes.

Indie time.

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1999 Mercedes E300TD daily driver sold at 238K miles 106K miles were mine, rust worm got it :-(
2006 Mercedes CDI new daily driver! 56,000 miles May 2016 now 85,625 Apr 2018 and Apr 2019 101,000 miles Apr 2020 109,875. March 2024 135,250, Dec 2024 145,000 miles