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My Nismos LR wheel bearing bad @7k miles.....!

Old Aug 19, 2009 | 03:01 PM
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So the other day im driving a good half hour from my house to dinner and everything sounded normal, left the resturant and right when i got to 40mph i could hear a droning wheel bearing noise and got louder when turning right and went away when turning left. I am a technician at a ford dealer so i thought it was a wheel bearing because ive had to fix explorer wheel bearings for the past 3 years like everyday and its the same sound as every other one. But I figured there is no way my wheel bearing is bad at 7,200 miles. So today after work I put it on the lift and sure enough the LR wheel bearing is shot. Can move the axle nut with my hand and the wheel/rotor moves a good 2inches. LOL, but i was looking through the forum and another person had this issue at 12,000 miles(also a Nismo). So maybe it is a common issue/or the manufacture techs are not torquing some all the way, anyone else have any issues.
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Old Aug 19, 2009 | 06:23 PM
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OMG! my left rear wheel bearing on my nismo went bad at 5k miles. same symptoms as heard, and when I got my cross drilled rotors put on, the technician was able to detect it, and saw my rotors would still move after being torqued on. Got it fixed though. I thought I was the only one!
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 11:48 AM
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ive read on the forums, there were some other nismos with the same problem. Do you guys know if its covered by warranty? Is this actually a common problem?
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 05:49 PM
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yes its is covered, mine is getting fixed as we speak
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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Maybe thats why my nismo has a odd humming noise in front passenger side.
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