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Old 11-04-2013, 02:00 PM
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Nsk is a oem bearing supplier. Dorman is ok but if oem hasn't failed why change a good thing
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Nsk is a oem bearing supplier. Dorman is ok but if oem hasn't failed why change a good thing
Because Dorman was half the price and available off Amazon Prime
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Chirping. If it sounds like a bird and increases with speed then it's bearing time. Probably best off replacing the hub too...
Yeah I think I will go ahead and preemptively replace the bearings and hubs then thanks.
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I have always been able to notice a difference when turning (i.e. loading it up) too. So when the driver side failed, going around a right turn you could hear it, and vice versa. In a straightline, noise was minimal.
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Andrew. You will notice when they start to fail as they will make a whirling noise under load. Sounds like a really loud tire


I have 140k on my bearings and 80 on my other car. I wouldn't replace until i got some noise
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Originally Posted by boyguan
Andrew. You will notice when they start to fail as they will make a whirling noise under load. Sounds like a really loud tire


I have 140k on my bearings and 80 on my other car. I wouldn't replace until i got some noise
This is exactly what I was hearing. I noticed it almost two months ago as I was doing my cool down laps around the paddock and when I made left hand turns I heard a light metal on metal scratching or whirring sound. I initially thought was my rotor grazing my LCA or something. Driving on track I couldn't hear anything because my exhaust is so loud. It lasted through three additional days before it let go, but going into yesterday I knew that was going to be the last day because the noise had gotten noticeably worse.

At least Ill know exactly what it is and to replace it sooner next time.
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Thanks. Yeah I believe I could be getting noise from my nicely worn rear rotors as well, which will be swapped tomorrow so I can take a closer look. Hopefully it's just that. My car does get airborne a few times a month though.
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Originally Posted by MMisencik157
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This is more Honda specific vs S2000 specific, but most of the Honda Challenge guys I know that went the cheap route with non-OEM hubs and bearings suffered from much shorter life span compared to Honda OEM stuff.
It is interesting that your passenger side when out before the driver side.
Thanks for the heads up! Any idea how much longer? OEM is about twice as much as "OEM equivalent" The hub actually snapping is what has me most worried with non OEM but I couldn't really find too many cases of a catastrophic failure and the ones I did find were with OEM hubs

I think its because I run CCW tracks/configurations much more than I do CW... Buttonwillow CW13 and Sonoma are the only tracks Ive run CW and Ive only driven CW13 three times and Sonoma once.
I can't really give you a X times longer number. What I know is that many teams that ran the NASA 25 Hour race would suffer bearing failure on new non-OEM bearings and many on new new OEM bearings wouldn't.
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Originally Posted by rhouck
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Nsk is a oem bearing supplier. Dorman is ok but if oem hasn't failed why change a good thing
Because Dorman was half the price and available off Amazon Prime
Of course the costs of the parts and just a part of the cost equation. The time, labor, and costs associated with hub replacements generally costs more than the parts.
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I like the Timkin bearings from Autozone. I've never had one fail or wear out (yet). Don't know anything about the hubs.

I do recommend for you serious track guys to install extended wheel lugs and open lug nuts when you replace the front bearings and/or hubs just so you're good for a future big brake kit with spacers.
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