Forester Wheel bearing

[jf1sf5]

Changed the tires 2 months ago, loved the Nokians but due to sanctions against Russia, Nokian AT's are no more available as they are made there. Switched to Bridgestone AT 002 and as soon as they were fitted to the Forester, I had a lot of noise, in fact, the rear left wheel bearing was dead....80 CHF later and everything seems fine again.

 

[Ratbag]

That's always a bugger. Still, how many kilometres has it lasted?

 

[ateday]

@jf1sf5
Interesting that it was not noticeable before you changed tyres. Wheel bearings usually give plenty of prior warning.

 

[Kevin]

Maybe just a coincidence - and perhaps paying more attention because of the tyre change I know I've paid more attention to noises in the past when a change has been made to the vehicle.

 

[jf1sf5]

That's always a bugger. Still, how many kilometres has it lasted?

Probably around 15 years and 120'000 km and a lot of sand, mud, water...

 

[Kevin]

That's a good life