Bad Bearing: pics.
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#34
Props to Grubbs and Riverside Infiniti for the hookup on prices on separate occasions for the bearings as well.
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#38
Good question. It's not an easy thing to do if you don't have the right tools; as goes with most projects. I used an angled/jointed head ratchet and the shallowest socket availible to take them out. I also had to wiggle the axle around to get to the bolts as well.
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Old thread, but it's a good question.
Your question needs to be split up in two parts.
Do spacers increase load on the wheel bearings? Yes they do. It's simply leverage and how it acts on this particular design of wheel bearing. Push the wheel's load on the wheel hub further away from the car and leverage on the fulcrum increases. The fulcrum is inside the bearing, so a spacer would increase the load. Increasing weight in the car would be equivalent.
Would it cause premature failure? Depends. Really depends on the manufacturers load rating of the bearing. Since only they have the data to say what for sure thismis, it's tough to know. How much safety factor did they build in. In other words, a wheel bearing built for a Mack truck could probably take the extra load of a 10mm spacer without a sweat, but a bearing barely adequate for a vehicles weight as is might see premature failures.
So it's not a rumor, there is scientific theory behind the statement, but without manufacturer data no way to know of the extra load would be acceptable.
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However, this the attached picture would obviously be a problem.
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