ok my dad has an 07 tc, auto, its bone stock with roughly 66k miles on it, there is a growl at low speeds that turns into a roar, what are the chances that the rear wheel bearings are shot?

 

what are the chances? pretty good actually! There are some on this forum that have had them go around 20k miles, it's not uncommon. Have you checked the play of the bearings?

 

nope, and holy crap on the price $300+ each, thats f'in nuts!

why do they go out so quickly? is there no TSB out on them? they've been growling (apprently according to him) since around 40k miles

 

300 plus? i replaced my front and the wheel bearing is only like 32 at the dealership..

 

its the rear wheel bearings, you have to buy them already made into the hub for some reason

 

hey ace thats great to know b/c my rears are fine. I had spacers, then I took them off, then 4 months later my bearings went bad. what happens if the bearings don't get replaced? (its been three months)

 

If the wheel bearing doesn't get replaced then it can eventually seize up and F up a lot more parts costing you more in the end.

if you take hard turns to the left or right, you can usually isolate which wheel bearing it is when the weight of the vehicle is transferred. but yeah, that will suck if it's both rear.

 

and that would be me, i actually have 17k miles on my car but here are my suspension mods at the time.

tein coil overs
energy suspension poly busings
hotchkins front and rear sway bars stifff in the rear medium up front
front and rear endlinks


I used to live in florence oregon and the road looked like this.
http://maps.google.com/

and ya it ate up my wheel bearings.

 

u gotta type in eugene oregon to florence oregon, I could not get a link sorry. too much spirited driving.

 

yea my dad's is bone stock though

 

yup you're the one i was thinking of, thanks! But i've also heard of others at the dealership that have gone bad too. The techs were wondering if Toyota had a bad batch of them. They said they saw it on the corolla or camry before (forgot which one they said)

 

yeah the bearing itself is like $30 and the labor is like a little over an hour. so say like $130 for labor. Not sure why someone is telling you $300! Unless they're saying for both front ones.

The rears are self contained units with the lugs already part of the hub/bearing. No need to press anything in with the rears, it's really an easy swap for the rears. The fronts require taking apart the front suspension (steering knuckle, brakes, ball joint, etc) to have the steering knuckle on a press to press out the old bearing and press in the new one. Hope that helps

Oh and after it's put back together the alignment has to be checked since the camber is most likely out. Only on the front procedure not the rears.

 

its the rears that are making the noise, do they not have TSB out on this? you'd think if a bunch were going out...

 

Mine sound like they are coming from the front, but how do you isolate it and diagnose it as the rear?

 

sitting in the back its alot louder

 

yea i think my front passenger is goin bad, when i cut the wheel backing outta my parking spot every morning, i can hear a chuckling sound at that wheel

 

I don't hear a clunking noise, my wheels roar when I drive.

 

are you sure it's just not your tires making noise?

 

As tires get older/balder, do they make more noise? I am in need of new tires. I'd feel better buying new tires instead of bearings.

 

Yes as tires wear, they can get louder. Run your hand over the tire tread, see if you feel any scalloping or texture. If so, then yes that could be the source of your noise. Tires can make a droaning noise as they get wear.