Any of you had a wheel bearing lock up?

[Sepp]

It's not worth the stress wondering constantly when it will give you trouble.

Usually things break like this on a really busy highway, it's cold, dark, and rainy/snowy.
Your car is giving you a warning sign....listen to it.

[stevofthahill]

Rear wheel bearing on my car made a humming noise for a good few months and then one night on my way home from a friends, I was on the freeway doing about 70 and the bearing completely locked up. Felt like I hit a huge bump in the road as the entire rear end dipped.

Luckily I was able to keep the car under control and get off at the next exit. Once it locked up it sounded like there were rocks tumbling around in my wheel. Not an experience I ever want to go through again.

Word of advice...replace it if there is any uncertainty.

[Jand3rson]

i could here mine going out way before a normal joe could! My wife and brother in law thought i was crazy but im just one with the car! That being said it only realy noise for a week or two. Overall i drove for a month or two but it wasnt that bad, when it got bad i limited trip times and replaced it the time driven and speed make it hot.

Drunk post?

[T Verdier]

i could here mine going out way before a normal joe could! my wife and brother in law thought i was crazy but im just One with the car! that being said it only realy noise for a week or two. overall i drove for a month or two but it wasnt that bad, when it got bad i limited trip TIMEs and replaced it the time driven and speed make it hot.

[Jand3rson]

Don't replace it before you go, then let us know how that turns out for you.

Or, a second option. Don't be a dipshit, and fix a MAJOR part of your car before you take it on a roadtrip.

[Fendego]

If its a front bearing, fix it ASAP.

It's a rear

[e34john]

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

[Trucidatio]

^pm'd

[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.

[Need4Speed1299]

If its a front bearing, fix it ASAP.

[dashboardmonkey]

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

[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

[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.

[Trucidatio]

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

[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.