Originally Posted By: mitsuman47
Originally Posted By: Quest
Lately, I have my fair share of frustrations with NA assembled Honda bearings going bad, and I suspect that either point 3 or 4 should be the main reason(s) for the failures.
Well, that doesn't make me feel too good. The shop told me they would use honda bearings (probably the quickest bearing for them to get their hands on).
I guess there's only one way to see if I got some junkers... Keep putting 3k miles a month on the car and find out the hard way.
Thanks for all the help guys. I'll report back if I have any issues.
Now, before you all jump right into conclusions, I must add the following:
Most Honda OEM bearings that I've come across up until this day (yes, still fixes Hondas for SCCA/track race for my friends here) are of respectable quality. Most of the troubles I've seen has to do with improper pre-loading during assembly in the car manufacturing process, which leads to early failures of these bearings (front/rear, all have their fair share in terms of probability).
I've been handling all sorts of bearings long enough to realise that while Chinese bearings are inconsistent in terms of quality, still, 70% of the failures come from improper installation and preloading.
OP-
So long as your Honda service shop performs the bearing pre-loading properly for you during installation, your bearing should be good for another 140+k miles easily.
Q.
p.s. My family owns 2 Hondas and a Toy. My list of clientele totals approx. 15 Hondas and 28 Toys, all others are a mixture between Mazdas, Suzukis and Nissans..