Any of you had a wheel bearing lock up?

[Fendego]

I'm leaving for a road trip on Friday (400 mile round trip) and I have loud humming in the rear when turning left. I can replace it when I get back but for now I'm concerned that It could lock up on me on the highway. How many of you have had wheel bearings lock up on you?

[xwill112x]

its not common for them to seize up, but they will get VERY hot and infuse them selves to the trailing arm. then you'll need a new trailing arm, instead of just a wheel bearing.

[KenC]

Never heard of one actually locking.

[xwill112x]

^^ a few members on here have experienced it.

OP: I rode around for a year with mine making all kinds of noise. It never seized up. I would say it would be better to fix it, but i wouldn't say its a must.

[dannyg]

400 miles is a long way to go and get stranded...I wouldn't risk it.

[T Verdier]

i drove around for months i was fine. made a couple of longer trips

edit ( it depends on how loud it is and how "in tune" you are with your car louder it is, the worse it is.

[Trucidatio]

Ive got a pair of rear trailing arms for you, once you ruin yours.

[Mike325]

Replace it before you go. Just because one a few people say they were ok, you might not be so lucky. Do it now to save yourself a lot of extra time and money.

[gearheadE30]

I've never seen them lock on a car, but it happens a lot on trailers. E30s have fairly large bearings, but 400 miles is a lot. Running it like that could basically weld the bearing to the trailing arm, like mine did haha

[dashboardmonkey]

i had one destroy it self, drove around on it for 2 weeks

[Need4Speed1299]

If its a front bearing, fix it ASAP.

[Holland]

Ive got a pair of rear trailing arms for you, once you ruin yours.

If they are rear disk arms I might take them off your hands.

[Trucidatio]

^pm'd

[e34john]

I drove on bad bearings for a while, they never locked up but they had the punishment of a trip that long either.

[Fendego]

If its a front bearing, fix it ASAP.

It's a rear