Bad Bearing

Before Ariel left for college, she told her dad, Tom, that I was making a rumbling sound and vibration. The other day, Tom drove me to work and confirmed something was amiss. With a little diagnosis, he was confident it was a wheel bearing. He started at my front, and found that my right front wheel had some play. Cleaning off the grease and metal powder from the outer bearing exposed one of the bearing’s cylinder had pitted. All the other parts got thoroughly cleaned and the assembly was put back together with a spare bearing. All’s quiet and smooth now.