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Back rear bearings sound like they gets bad fast on this cars anybody have any issues with your own Nissan wheel bearing wearing out I have 13200 miles,,, drives like a champion but after changing transmission fluid filter oil change like normal has well CVT transmission runs great my question is anybody have same problem has mine I have Nissan versa sedan SL 2017
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I'm talking about the wheel bearings making a humming sound rear wheel very bad at 60 miles on free way how much they go for and what website I can find good cheap ones ??????????
Wheel bearings should last for 100K or more. If yours are wearing out before that, I'd suspect a poor installation could be the problem. You don't want cheap bearings either, as for a few bucks more, superior bearing will last longer. Maybe go to Courtesy Nissan.com to get quality OEM parts.
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104k on mine and let me help you out. Buy the OEM loaded rear hubs. Anything else the drums won’t have bearings, studs, or the ABS tone ring. You will jump through so many hoops trying to find what you need after the fact. I thought I was going to save money. And the amount of extra time it took, I wish I would have spent it.
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A rear wheel bearing on my 2018 S model started making noise at around 45,000 miles. I replaced it myself with one I bought on Amazon. Easy to do if you have a press but if you don't have a press just pull the brake drum and take it to your local automotive machine shop and have them press it in.
Instructions:
Jack up car
Remove lug nuts and wheel
Remove dust cap
Remove 30mm axle nut
Remove brake drum
Have a shop press out the old bearing and press in the new one.
Reassemble.
HIGHLY CRITICAL to make 100% sure you hit the final axle nut torque or you get to do it again in short order.

Jack the rear tires in the air one at a time and spin them by hand fast, if bearing bad you should hear it almost as loud. Could be tire tread worn just so, it can make that noise as well.

Cheap parts are fine but as said above don't do it here. Cheap wheel bearings commonly shell out in less than a year, I've seen them with zero grease in them before, that one was dead in one minute.
The stock rear wheel bearings in my 2018 S model were made in India.
Wheel bearings are hit/miss. Our 2015 Versa sedan is still on all original rear brakes/bearings with 74k miles on the car. I know it's just a matter of time.

Like said, the rear wheel bearings are pressed into the rear brake drums and held in with a circlip. You have to dig the circlip out, press old bearing out. Press new bearing in and reinstall circlip.

It it's a rust belt vehicle like mine, you'll need new everything. New brake drum, bearing, circlip and 4 new lug studs. Those are also pressed into the drum assembly.
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One of mine went out on my used 2016. After finding out the cost of repair/replace, I got the complete drum from a wrecked one for pennies on the dollar, and installed it in minutes.
So far so good.
Back rear bearings sound like they gets bad fast on this cars anybody have any issues with your own Nissan wheel bearing wearing out I have 13200 miles,,, drives like a champion but after changing transmission fluid filter oil change like normal has well CVT transmission runs great my question is anybody have same problem has mine I have Nissan versa sedan SL 2017
I had to replace my wheel bearings in the rear twice on my 2014 Nissan Versa Note
One of mine went out on my used 2016. After finding out the cost of repair/replace, I got the complete drum from a wrecked one for pennies on the dollar, and installed it in minutes.
So far so good.
So what you find out about the drum it self??
So what you find out about the drum it self??
You're more likely to end up buying the drum, the lugs, and bearing separately. Then having a machine shop press the bearing in unless you have the equipment yourself - which most of us don't.
104k on mine and let me help you out. Buy the OEM loaded rear hubs. Anything else the drums won’t have bearings, studs, or the ABS tone ring. You will jump through so many hoops trying to find what you need after the fact. I thought I was going to save money. And the amount of extra time it took, I wish I would have spent it.
Please share where I can purchase this part. I've spent days searching online with no luck. Haven't reached out to Nissan yet. I took my 15 Note SV to a tire shop. They said I need the drum/bearing assembly together and an ABS tone ring. I need this car fixed asap. It's my career. 283,000 miles and still running strong.
Please share where I can purchase this part. I've spent days searching online with no luck. Haven't reached out to Nissan yet. I took my 15 Note SV to a tire shop. They said I need the drum/bearing assembly together and an ABS tone ring. I need this car fixed asap. It's my career. 283,000 miles and still running strong.
I just found a car at a pull-a-part Yard, where it was wrecked on the front end.
Only cost me about 15.00 to pull the hub assembly from the rear wheel.. I figured I'd take my chances rather than spend hundreds. So far so good!
Made a ridiculously priced fix easy.
Last place I'd look is the dealership. That's where they make their money!
Search all of the salvage yards around you.
Just because a car is "totalled" doesn't mean it isn't a gold mine. 😁
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Yes used can be great there. Waggle the wheel on car to check for loose and if tight then spin it fast. If no undue noise get THAT one. I prefer to have to remove tire/wheel so it is on to allow for the looseness check and spin better. Meaning the car will be a top one if they double stack them in the yard.
Yes used can be great there. Waggle the wheel on car to check for loose and if tight then spin it fast. If no undue noise get THAT one. I prefer to have to remove tire/wheel so it is on to allow for the looseness check and spin better. Meaning the car will be a top one if they double stack them in the yard.
Right. Thankfully they don't do that at the one I usually go to.
It's just always on a blazing hot day, and on row "way down there".
I've always enjoyed a stroll through the scrapyard, sometimes you find a $20 part that you can ebay for $400.
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