Bad front hub assembly 50,000 mi

[Sir Dan]

How many have had a front hub assembly fail so far? My driver side failed this last weekend on a Sunday (of course) while traveling 300 miles into the north country so a motel stay and costly repairs were in order. ($450 and I hate paying someone to do what I can easily do at home) The strange thing is that the bearing made absolutely no noise or vibration until the point that it began to grind and squeal. I pulled over right away and pushed the wheel back and forth top to bottom and nearly fainted. LOTS of slop. Luckily we made it another 50 miles to a town with services. Seems like low mileage for a hub to go bad and now I'm wondering about the other side...

[MikeInCtown]

Oddly enough, my drivers side went bad first as well. I had a LOT more miles on my truck than you do though. That was the worst 3 hours of my life, beating on that thing until i was about to pass out. I can't imagine how hard it will be to do the passenger side. I may just buy an entire new steering knuckle in order to avoid that mess again, but then I'll probably get stuck beating on something else.

[2017SierraSLT]

Heat is your best friend when it comes time to remove those bearing assemblies..