Car eats wheel bearings, Whats going on. Options

[jordisonjr]

In the past 5 years of owning this car, i've probably taken it in for heel bearings 5 times for different sides of front wheel bearings to be changed out.

This doesn't seem right and should not be happening this fast. anyone have any insight to what i s going on?
I've only been putting in OEM toyota parts, and had them installed by a mechanic from toyota who does side jobs out of his garage on his spare time.

I've heard that other daaged parts ( I believe its a damaged hub ) can cause wheels bearings to get chewed up relatively fast. The car also is stored for the winter. The first winter I stored it, i had it parked outside covered up, just sitting and i needed to replace one side, so i thought maybe it was from sitting so long. so the next winter I jacked the whole car up, but still had the wheels on the ground, just not supporting the full weight of the car, and when it came out of storage i needed LCA bushings in the front.

Now this past winter I also just parked it and let it sit, and i need a wheel bearing again. Its pretty frustrating having to throw money at the car for the same thing all the time, and an allignment as well, so I was wondering if you guys had any insight as to what could be causing this. I really don't think the way its being stored is causing it, and am leaning more towards a damaged hub, but I could be wrong.

I'm curious to hear your guys' experiences on this. And I know forsure the sound its making now is a wheel bearing, it grinds at full lock in reverse, and when turning right it also will grind and make that distinctive wirring sound wheel bearings do (from putting pressure on the driver side due to body roll) however at cruising speeds in a straight line it doesn't make noise unless the wheels are pointed at a specific angle ( I'm sure thats coming though)

Any opinions or suggestions would be appreciated.

[jordisonjr]

Was using OEM bearings.
How quickly were they wearing out?
Mine are wearing quicker than they should, bu not extremely quick. 6 to 8 months maybe? I know thats not the best way to estimate the time but thats the best I can do. And its daily driven.

[qatar11]

Was using OEM bearings.
How quickly were they wearing out?
Mine are wearing quicker than they should, bu not extremely quick. 6 to 8 months maybe? I know thats not the best way to estimate the time but thats the best I can do. And its daily driven.

Um.. probably 2 races... so 35 Hours or so. Which is a totally different world in terms of wear and forces applied... Actually we haven't had much luck between bad hubs and loosening axle nuts... WHICH there is a TSB for:





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Service Bulletins Drive Axles - Front Hub Nut Replacement


Drive Axles - Front Hub Nut Replacement


DRIVELINE/DIFFERENTIAL
DL001-98
MARCH 6, 1998
TITLE:
FRONT AXLE HUB NUT REPLACEMENT
MODELS:
'92 - '98 TERCEL, PASEO, COROLLA, CELICA, CAMRY
'96 - '98 RAV4
Introduction





Due to a change of the friction control treatment on the nut thread,
both types of Front Axle Hub Nuts (silver and black) for 1992-1998
Tercel, Paseo, Corolla, Celica, Camry and 1996-1998 RAV4s are NOT
reusable.
NOTE: When replacing the Front Axle Hub Nut the new part must be the
same color as the old part. When replacing a Silver nut -- use a NEW
Silver nut and when replacing a Black nut -- use a NEW Black nut.
Affected Vehicles
-1992-1998 Tercel, Paseo, Corolla, Celica, Camry and 1996-1998
RAV4s.

Parts Information
PART NUMBER PART NAME COLOR

90179-22020 Nut, Axle Hub Silver
90178-22001 Nut, Axle Hub Black




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