Bad Wheel Bearing

[Mjolnir]

So as the title states, I seem to have a wheel bearing going bad up front after just under 13k miles on it. Made a 500 mile round trip to Florida over the last 2 days and on the last hour back I started to hear a deep droning noise. At first I thought it was my tires but it was too deep to be that so I knew something was wrong. Took it to my trusty local shop I always go to for mods and they told me it’s the beginning signs of a bad wheel bearing. Didn’t bother to take it to the dealer because I have aftermarket wheels and tires (same size as Sas) but my vehicle is a non-sas so I assumed they’d just say “too bad so sad” even though the part has nothing to do with Sasquatch and is the same regardless. Anybody else had a bad wheel bearing this early on? @fordmotorcompany I’d love some input from y’all. Only had it for just over a year. Fortunately this is only a couple hundred $ to get fixed so my taste in the Bronco hasn’t been soured.

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[BlueBronco]

Take it to the dealer anyhow. Worst they can do is say no. Better yet, borrow some Squatch or stock wheels from a Bronco buddy and then take it to the dealer.

 

[Mjolnir]

Take it to the dealer anyhow. Worst they can do is say no. Better yet, borrow some Squatch or stock wheels from a Bronco buddy and then take it to the dealer.

I’ve got an off-road excursion Saturday so I’m really not trying to wait on them. Plus if they just pull my vin they’d see it’s not Sas so idk if that would work

 

[orion]

If your dealer balks at that, terrible dealer. If you had crazy back spacing, like -55 or something, then maybe I could see them denying warranty. I would take to dealer and see. Or just buy the wheel bearing and do it yourself, not that hard.

 

[Mjolnir]

For anyone curious about an update or if they end up in the same situation as me, my front passenger bearing started going bad a week after the driver side got fixed so I took it to dealer this time since I wasn’t in a rush for repairs and it is covered under warranty. Thankfully

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