01 S60 wheel bearings

Old Blue 66 · Post by **Old Blue 66** » 20 Feb 2010, 10:30

The front right wheel is making a moaning noise. Sounds like wheel bearings. Can I just get the bearings replaced or do I have to change out the hub assembly?

Is it too labor intensive to pay a shop to tear apart the hub and just replace the bearings?

otis44 · Post by **otis44** » 20 Feb 2010, 11:19

Vadis doesn't show the bearing as a seperate part nor does FCP Groton, they list the hub/bearing assembly at $150 plus the necessary bolts. You may look other places and find the bearing only but it looks like a hub replacement if that is your problem.

Old Blue 66 · Post by **Old Blue 66** » 20 Feb 2010, 11:27

Thanks, I was afraid of that. I was trying to save some money. Bearings would cost $20 vs over $100 for the whole hub.

I guess its the hub. Rockauto.com has it for $129

Post by **confused_al** » 20 Feb 2010, 14:49

Old Blue 66 wrote:The front right wheel is making a moaning noise.

If it is that bearing the noise will increase as you turning to the left, however, a worn tire will more likely make that sort of noise .
If you do decide to replace the hub make sure get FAG bearing hub, which is OEM. There are some reports the cheap one fail within a month or so. Funny thing is FAG makes hub bearing for others like Timken;
https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums ... 9&p=118492

Old Blue 66 · Post by **Old Blue 66** » 20 Feb 2010, 21:45

confused_al wrote:
Old Blue 66 wrote:The front right wheel is making a moaning noise.
If it is that bearing the noise will increase as you turning to the left, however, a worn tire will more likely make that sort of noise .
If you do decide to replace the hub make sure get FAG bearing hub, which is OEM. There are some reports the cheap one fail within a month or so. Funny thing is FAG makes hub bearing for others like Timken;
https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums ... 9&p=118492

I just had new tires put on today which is why I thought the noise would go away. I didn't notice the side to side nise change until afterwords. Thanks for the advice on the brand name.