D30 Wheel Bearings

bheit4x4 · Apr 15, 2004

Has anyone had problems going through wheel bearings on a d30? I have gone through 3 in the past 4 months on the same side. I have torqed them down and have dome everything right when changing them but no answer. the local shop around here said they have no clue why i could be going through so many. Any ideas

ChiXJeff · Apr 15, 2004

My first bet would be that you're not getting enough torque on the axle nut. 175 ft./lbs. You may want to retorque it after a day or so of driving.

How's your alignment and/or tire wear?

bheit4x4 · Apr 15, 2004

tire wear is fine no cupping or unordinary wear smooth as a babys but all around and i've been torqing them down to 200ftlbs

Eagle · Apr 15, 2004

How's the u-joint on that side?

bheit4x4 · Apr 15, 2004

no play in the joint and appears to be in ok condition moves /rotates normal

GSequoia · Apr 15, 2004

Running big tires and / or low backspaced wheels?

bheit4x4 · Apr 15, 2004

35's and 3.5 backspace i think as far as backspace goes its not alot ive seen other xj,yj,tj's running larger tires on more backspace with a d30 and mno problems i'm at a loss

94DCXJ · Apr 16, 2004

I thought I recall hearing that overheating your brakes in the front could cause you to ruin the wheel bearings fast. Have you checked to see if the caliper is sticking on that side?

Then again this is probably not to helpful because if this were your problem you probably would have noticed by the third hub, but I thought I would throw it out there anyway.

Good to see someone else from the Atlanta area in here.

D30 Wheel Bearings

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