Hell ,im new to your forum, ty for making it, and any help in advance. I am having issues with the left front wheel bearing, I am not sure if I am doing something wrong or whats happening. I just replaced the front wheel bearing for the 4th time. the vehicle only has 55k miles on it. A little history on the vehicle, it was my mothers , she had to give it up because her driving skills have gone south. about 15k ago , she hit a curb, it damaged the lower a arm and rack for the steering , I replaced the damaged parts, and had it aligned, about 2k miles after that the wheel bearing failed. she had this repaired at a shop. it failed again about 3k miles later. I replaced it myself and it lasted about the same amt of time. since then it has failed 2 more times. I noticed after the last replacement when i make left hand turns , it sounds like its rubbing on the dust shield. ir once again lasted about the same amt of time. I just replaced it again and its doing the same thing , as before it has 0 miles on the replacement. I have been turning wrenches my whole life, I have replaced 1000's of bearings of all types, w/o issues. I assumed i made an error on the last replacement , so i did alot of research on this and followed everything to the letter. I am pressing these in , supporting the inner and outer races, and they are pressing in smoothly. to me it acts like there is play in the hub bearing assembly, but it presses nicely , I also replaced the hub this time for the sake of it. I am at a loss, the only thing i can think of is I am using import bearings, I talked in great deal to the supply store, they said they dont have any issues with the product. Any and all suggestions are appreciated.
05 corolla continued wheel bearing issues
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