MK4 TDI rear wheel bearing...is this normal?

[mrrhtuner]

Hello everyone, I am in the process of doing the driver side rear wheel bearing/brakes and as I started on the rear passenger side I noticed that it makes a slight noise.

I'm not sure if this is fine or not as the bearing without load may sound a bit different but I wanted to ask since if I'm doing one wheel bearing, I may as well do the other.

The car is a diesel wagon with 414,000km.


Thoughts?

https://youtu.be/h-F90B1w6Dg


Thanks!

 

[WildChild80]

That sucker is noisy, you'll probably be amazed how much quieter it'll be after replacement.

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[Tdijarhead]

Well that baby is toasted.

 

[csstevej]

Put a fork in it......it’s done : )

 

[ahldailydriver02]

Agreed, time to replace

 

[DivineChaos]

nice and crunchy. i want chips now. sounds like it dried up. Where one failed, the others arent far behind.

 

[mrrhtuner]

nice and crunchy. i want chips now. sounds like it dried up. Where one failed, the others arent far behind.

This one is the one that isn't far behind

You should have seen the drivers side rear wheel bearing. I'm even embarrassed how bad it was.

Anyways.

Thank you all, bearing removed, new dust shields, brake lines, calipers, rotors and pads are being installed this week

 

[Curious Chris]

snap on makes a very cool bearing install tool

 

[WildChild80]

Just read your subject line again and after watching the video its totally normal...for a clapped out bearing.

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[Ed27]

After changing all four of the 2001 twice I agree if one is bad the other three will shortly follow. Especially for the front if you go over speed bumps regularly.

 

[rrgrassi]

I learned to replace them in pairs. If the right side is bad, go ahead and replace the left.