Check your Unit-Bearings!

[Comanche County]

One of mine seized up at 60 mph, not fun getting it to the side of the road. A catastrophic bearing failure could mean the loss of a wheel and then all sorts of bad things can happen at speed. So bought two Timken replacement bearings. When I pulled the other side off, it fell apart in my hands...the only thing holding the wheel on was the 36mm nut. Anyway, Big Red has two new bearings now.

 

I've always neglected to change these cause honestly I've never had one fail before. But after seeing how the second fell apart, I'll be changing these on my other Jeeps soon.

 

It did ruin the weekend, I was loaded up with camping and fishing gear and had my new roof top tent mounted up. Complete bummer, I never made it out to the camping spot I was heading to.

 

 

 

What a new Timken bearing should look like:

[xjrev10]

Yer running 35s. You should be checking those frequently!

 

Glad you are okay! :cheers:

[Comanche County]

Yer running 35s. You should be checking those frequently!

 

Glad you are okay! :cheers:

 

True sir.

[mvusse]

I had a catastrophic failure causing me to lose a wheel at 60mph. Luckily my suspension had enough flex and with only 3 wheels the truck was still rock solid. Got into the gas a bit deeper to maintain my speed until the lane beside me cleared, signaled my lane change and pulled over. When I came to a stop the pavement was burning around a glowing red bottom of the steering knuckle as it was sinking into the roadbed. By the time the tow truck finally showed up it was a few inches deep and the asphalt had solidified around it. Tow truck driver had all kinds of fun trying to get my truck loose.

 

[Globex]

Good to hear you were ok. We replace a ton of unit bearings at the shop. I just did three trucks this past week that needed them.