wheel bearing wear bc sports suspension?

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  • ///M42 sport
    No R3VLimiter
    • Oct 2003
    • 3952

    #1

    wheel bearing wear bc sports suspension?

    Anyone else notice their wheel bearings wearing out faster b/c of lower suspension? My rear wheel bearings have less than 100k miles and are already going out! I'm running on H/R sports, Bilstein sports. This is pretty annoying since I paid to have them put in last time...at $300 per side. I'm gonna be doing it myself this time.

    Also anyone have a solution to this other than going back to stock height?
    Renting my rear wheel bearing tool kit. SIR
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  • hoyabmw
    Wrencher
    • Dec 2006
    • 207

    #2
    You probably also have wider, stickier tires and drive it harder since it sticks better. All of that contributes to them wearing out sooner. I figure on replacing my wheel bearings every 2 years on my autox toy since the big tires put a lot of load on them and wear them out, even though it doesn't get more than 5K miles per year.

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    • 88driftIS
      Grease Monkey
      • Sep 2008
      • 300

      #3
      Spacers will do the same things. They put that much more pressure on the bearings.

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