Wheel bearing issues

[BuiltByTrav]

Mine is in the shop right now getting right rear axle assy replaced under powertrain warranty. 41k miles and my bearing seal was leaking and throwing fluid bad.

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[PickleRick93]

Are there any aftermarket wheel bearings that have been an improvement over that of OEM?

i'm right at 47,000 miles on a black diamond with too much (for me) negative offset 35x12.50x20 AT tires. They came with the vehicle, look nice and brand new tires.

just had one hub done under warranty about 2 weeks ago. today i started to hear a bearing again. I'm not sure if its the same one or the other side. While this is a pavement only daily driver for me, i dont know what the PO used it for during the first 45K miles of her life. I drive her like, as my signficant other puts it "a grandpa". I use this as a work vehicle so on an item as cheap/easy to replace as a wheel bearing the down time waiting for warranty is more of hassle than putting on a set of bearings that will last 100K plus myself at the shop.

Rock auto has some options that they list as their higher quality replacements but the Timken seems to be out of stock everywhere. This would be my first go to.

Moog is a brand wheel bearing that was installed on my '01 7.3 excursion back around 2010 and still going strong with 200K and going...but that was not under the new crap ownership which has tanked the companies' once good reputation

the top end Mevotech line is interesting and cheap. This is supposed to be their BTX/Supreme line. I have zero experience with them. Some of the Discovery 2 guys swear buy cheaper brand wheel hubs that are as good or better than Disco OEM hubs at a fraction of the price but on a daily driver work delivery/pickup vehicle im a once and done kind of buyer if possible.

any input is appreciated.

 

[Hemisfear]

I've only heard of WB issues with too large of wheel offsets and even more issues with janky puck/collar lifts...

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