Ok, 150k on the clock and I'm starting to get the creaking from the rear. Sounds more like a bearing issue than a spindle nut torque issue at the moment.

Anyway, was doing some research on the replacement of the bearing and started wondering if there were any beefier aftermarket brands. I know the rear bearing issue is common with the S2000's so I'm not keen on getting another OEM if there is a better brand out there. Granted, it lasted for a good long time. However, OEM is not always the best solution so I figured i'd look around.

Here's a link to a site that has multiple brands: http://www.car-stuff.com/mmparts/honda-s20...el_bearing.html

Don't mind the prices as most of them are cheaper than OEM through local suppliers.

Anyway, I've yet to hear about any of them except for Beck Arnley which I've heard good things about in the past for other parts. I've done searches on the forum but nobody has any feedback from here either. Soooo, figured I'd post up here.

Secondly, I've read that the hub needs to be replaced along with the bearing in these cases. Is this true all of the time? I don't see how the hub could get damaged and would assume that it would be as clean as the knuckle once the bearing is removed unless the bearing fell apart and bent the hub.

 

The OEM part is the SKF bearing listed on that page. The issue is not the bearing as much as the hub. There is NO aftermarket replacement for the hub.

Remember this is considered a wear item.

 

for that price i wold definately stick to oem. especially on an s2k. 150k doesnt seem to bad at all, did you track/autox the car?

 

yup, first three years of ownership were at the track several times a year

No gripes really about the OEM, just wondering if there was something better. I always check when replacing parts that might not have necessarily been designed just for the S.

 

I've been through two sets of rear bearings over the past three years/16 track days...

Only one replacement out of four required replacing the hub.

 

i replaced my drivers' rear bearing about a month ago, and before that, 18 months...and somehow, i think i've got noise in the same spot again. i bought both (oem) bearings at the same time, i'm wondering if maybe i got some with a bad batch of metal or something...absolutely no clue how 2 brand new bearings could go bad this fast.

any ideas?

 

Did you replace the hub too, or just the wheel bearing?

Because once the wheel bearing goes bad, it can cause the hub to ware. So even when you replace the bearing and it seams fine, it only lasts so long.

 

the first time i replaced the bearing, i replaced the hub as well. the second time, i inspected the hub, it still looked brand new, so i left it alone.

the first bearing looked normal, the second one looked like this:


needless to say, it was making some noise

 

I just finished this process, my car has 55k miles-many of them heavy track duty. I went ahead and used OEM bearings and replaced the hubs while I was there. Hub failure can/has occured and for me it was just a matter of safety.