I have a 2005 f350 with 23,000 miles on it. Yesterday the left front wheel bearing failed for the second time. The first time it failed at 20,000 miles. Can anyone provide any sense for this initial and subsequent failure?????

 

No experience with 2WD but one of my 2001 F250 4WD hubs failed at around 175,000 miles, I replaced both sides while at it. The 2001 now has 190,000 without further problems. No issues with the 2015 F250 with 50,000.

 

 

What brand did you happen to choose? I have to do the same repair. Wondering if I should spend the $$ and get either MOOG or OE, or if its safe to save a few dollars with a parts store brand part. I'm leaning towards the MOOG but it would sure be nice to save that $100 per hub.

 

 

 

I'm not the bearing expert, but I purchased the replacement hubs locally from NAPA. I don't remember who the manufacturer was but they were NAPA branded. I do remember they had ones with something like a one year warranty, a two year warranty and a three year warranty. I bought the more expensive bearings as the rest of my front end is in good shape and I really didn't want to tear into it again. As I recall there was about a $100 difference in cost between the cheapest and the most expensive per hub.

 

I am not a fan of Napa parts. We get most our parts from another supplier. We normally use Timken bearings now, we did use wbi bearings before but can no longer source them through our supplier, never had one failure in six years with the wbi. Imo, I would find a name brand, like Timken or moog, stay away from the zone. In my 250 plow truck, holding a western 9 foot six v blade, I have Detroit axle bearings for the last two years and they are holding up still, have heard of others that have failed in smaller cars but not the trucks. Now, for an economy bearing we use gmb and they seem to be pretty good for a lower cost part.