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Originally Posted by Chas H
Have you had a wheel lock up due to a catastrophic bearing failure?
In over 45 years of driving I have not.
In the 30+ years I was in the auto repair business I witnessed one case of a failed bearing-because the mechanic adjusted the bearing too tight and the bearing failed while the customer was driving home.
Re-packing the bearings when replacing a rotor is fairly standard. But the OP wasn't having the rotors replaced.
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Only seen one case of bearing failure? In my ten years of exprience of mercedes repair,I have had: 3-4 123's, 2 210,s , 1 140 and 1 107 car.I know thats not a lot compaired to the hundreds of cars I have worked on,but dont make it sounds like it never happens.ou mush have worked at a light duty shop or something.
And yes,
I have had 2 catastrophic wheel bearings happen to me personally (not m.b.'s though)
310 bucks Is not too far off at dealership prices- I am sure they are 100 bucks an hour. They charged 2.8 hours to just replace the disks- Plus removing the hub, replacing the seals and packing the bearings . Its simple work, but it does take time and know how to do. Just depends if you want to get your hands dirty
