Suburban Front Wheel Bearing $$$

The new Chevs and GMCs are junk. These are 6 year vehicles, they're just junk.

That happened on a van I had... a 1991... had to buy the entire hub assembly w/speed sensor... couldn't buy just the bearings... I was pissed but what ya gonna do? Gotta have it to drive...

Must have been one of those over sized front wheel drive station wagons because the G series used standard bearings those years. As to Battleax, there is most likely a toyota dealer just down the road from you, don't let the door hit you on the way out, and don't cry when you find they break as often or more than the GM line. I change very few hub bearings, as compared to wheel bearings. Perhaps if owners had followed some simple maintenance like repacking the damn things once in awhile we wouldn't have hub bearings. On the other hand, with the advent of independent front suspension on 4x4s now (another thing brought about by cry babies who should have bought a car instead of a truck) the front suspension parts are the same 4x2 or 4x4, less parts to carry = less cost incurred by any manufacturer. The same set up is used on fords and dodge.

Heh Heh... it was in fact an AWD Astro van... oversized station wagon for sure... but I put well over 200k miles on that thing before I gave it away... no complaints to speak of overall the 14 years I drove the crap out of it...