Ford Explorer Rear Bearings

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Chris Bekiaris

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• Nov 16, 2003

• #1

I just put out 1,041 dollars for rear bearings in my 2002 Ford Explorer
with 48,000 miles. I'm a dunce when it comes to cars (I mean trucks).
Could someone explain why the rear bearings went bad? A friend mechanic
said this is unusual and that the bearings must have cut into the axles.
Parts had to be machined. I do no four wheeling...just conventional
driving. Thanks for any help.

 

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Chris Phillipo

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• Nov 16, 2003

• #2

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> I just put out 1,041 dollars for rear bearings in my 2002 Ford Explorer
> with 48,000 miles. I'm a dunce when it comes to cars (I mean trucks).
> Could someone explain why the rear bearings went bad? A friend mechanic
> said this is unusual and that the bearings must have cut into the axles.
> Parts had to be machined. I do no four wheeling...just conventional
> driving. Thanks for any help.
>
>


Warranty was up already???
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Douglas A. Shrader

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• Nov 16, 2003

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"Chris Bekiaris" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I just put out 1,041 dollars for rear bearings in my 2002 Ford Explorer
> with 48,000 miles. I'm a dunce when it comes to cars (I mean trucks).
> Could someone explain why the rear bearings went bad? A friend mechanic
> said this is unusual and that the bearings must have cut into the axles.
> Parts had to be machined. I do no four wheeling...just conventional
> driving. Thanks for any help.
>

I would have expected that to be warranted. As a rule rear bearings do not
wear out in normal use that quickly, I have a 1984 GMC that is a few miles
shy of 300,000 miles and still all original bearings. That is the rule, not
the exception. Some bearings simply fail early for no real reason, but it
should have been warrented.

 

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Chris Bekiaris

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• Nov 16, 2003

• #4

My Explorer is passed warantee: 3 years or 36,000 miles. I'm at 48,000
plus miles.

Could it be that this is the first year independent rear suspension was
used have anything to do with rear bearing wear i.e poor design?

 

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Chris Phillipo

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• Nov 17, 2003

• #5

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> My Explorer is passed warantee: 3 years or 36,000 miles. I'm at 48,000
> plus miles.
>
> Could it be that this is the first year independent rear suspension was
> used have anything to do with rear bearing wear i.e poor design?
>
>

No offense, but everything in a Ford Explorer is of poor design. Hense
the 3 year warranty.

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Dan J.S.

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• Nov 18, 2003

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"Chris Bekiaris" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I just put out 1,041 dollars for rear bearings in my 2002 Ford Explorer
> with 48,000 miles. I'm a dunce when it comes to cars (I mean trucks).
> Could someone explain why the rear bearings went bad? A friend mechanic
> said this is unusual and that the bearings must have cut into the axles.
> Parts had to be machined. I do no four wheeling...just conventional
> driving. Thanks for any help.
>

It's very simple. It's a Ford.