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dieselfan1
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You don't drive much Grumps🤣 I'm at 2.85 million miles on my 16th Chevy truck. In all those miles  I've replaced 2 wheel bearings same truck 2003 2500HD Duramax. Keys cranked may have h

Grumpy Bear
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I may change my mind. Just read that it is the most retirement friendly state in the USA tax wise 😉 

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Is there parking for more than two trucks in that little state? 😉 

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2 hours ago, steelerdude15 said:

You guys are free to come visit us in DE whenever you want 😆

 

Is there parking for more than two trucks in that little state? 😉 

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Ravenkeeper Senior Enthusiast

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My '15, never changed them, about 55K miles on it, when it was totaled.

 

On my '18, haven't had any issues, yet, 36K miles currently.

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On my 2006, 93,000 miles, right after the Front Diff and Tranfer Case the month before. The Wheek Bearing also took out Axle Seals and Rotors the wheel was so cocked. My '15 Sierra has just hit 64,000 miles, so far we are good.

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On 4/29/2021 at 9:23 PM, DonWarren said:

2017 Yukon XL 4wd with only 28k miles. 6 months out of warranty (of course)... Paid GMC dealer $472 including parts & labor to replace left front hub assembly today. Same hub used on 1500 Sierra

 

  I can't believe you use the dealership for such work on an out of warranty vehicle. Especially when your getting the exact same part that just failed prematurely. You must like paying top dollar!

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On 7/14/2021 at 10:27 PM, Ravenkeeper said:

My '15, never changed them, about 55K miles on it, when it was totaled.

 

On my '18, haven't had any issues, yet, 36K miles currently.

I just crossed 38K, last week, and I think that I'm starting to hear them, but it may be my tires being low on tread.

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DeePa Enthusiast

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Just to chime in

 

2017 Sierra crew cab. 138k.
one size larger tires and bilstein leveling kit in the front. 
 

Just replaced the two front wheel bearings due to noise while accelerating. Drivers side was worse, puked all the grease out of the inner seal. Passenger just started doing the same thing. 
 

also, both rear axle seals are leaking. I haven’t pulled the axles yet to see if it’s a seal issue or axle issue but that’s on the list for tomorrow. 
 

I bought car quest branded hubs at advanced auto. They’re coated and look really well built. 
 

truck has been really solid so far minus a few things. 
 

brakes at 60k. Vac pump under warranty. Condenser under extended

. On 3rd set of oil cooler lines, one under warranty when they did the vac pump, one under extended. Trans replaced at 107k under extended warranty.  Installed lower trans stat and added a deep pan for extra fluid / cooling. 

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KARNUT Senior Enthusiast

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While I’ll admit I’ve never had a vehicle past 180K. That only 1. I never replaced wheel bearings. Rarely brakes or shocks. Even though I drove lots of HWY miles. Most of my trucks spent equal time on pipelines and electric transmission lines. I never drove over hubs in water.  I wonder sometimes what people do to their trucks. Most of my trucks had fuel tanks, full tool boxes, parts and air compressor. I always stayed with stock tire size, maybe that’s the difference. Don’t even mention the dust in some areas. 

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I hear you. They’re mostly highway miles. Never hit anything. 
 

my 91 vettes hub assemblies (all4) did the same thing around 130k. Seals went, puked the grease, and started to hum under acceleration and get sloppy. 
 

there wasn’t any play in the trucks.  It was just starting to get very noisy around 45-60 while accelerating. 
 

the car quest unit was very nice. I made sure to torque the axle hub to 180 ft lbs so hopefully that prolongs the life of them vs hammering down with an impact. 

Eddie 70 Senior Enthusiast

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Knock on wood. Mine is a 2014 and at 118k miles. Still on the factory originals all around.

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Western96

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My truck has completely stock suspension and I had to replace both wheel bearings by 51,000 miles. Got one replaced at a shop and then the other one went bad almost immediately afterwards. Getting it done at a shop was probably $700 or so. I did the second one myself, took me a couple hours but the part cost less than $200. 

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