I found the bearing online for about $70, half of what Nissan wanted. I had it pressed in last night by a friend at a machine shop. Unfortunately I broke the brake shoe putting things back together and they cost $100 and I can't find them aftermarket!
Got my X Trail back today from the local garage (non-franchise).
What I initially thought would be a fairly straightforward rear bearing replacement, turned into an expensive episode. It cost me UK £527 to get back on the road!
ABS sensor unit contributed £198+ vat to the overall cost. Garage said it was seized in the hub and they could not get it out undamaged.
They have repaired a few X Trail bearings and are not very impressed with the engineering.
How I long for the good old days when you could fix most problems with a hammer and chisel and a bit of string! We pay quite a price for sophistication and comfort.
Mike
I am not very impressed with the engineering either. The bearings are only protected by the thin seals that are built into them. When I reassembled my hub, I considered adding a flat rubber washer to add some protection, but figured it would probably not help very much.
Upon inspection of my failed bearing, it was obvious that the seals were worn for some time, the grease was still there but in bad shape. Reading the various posts here, and having seen the pressing in of the bearings first hand, I can see how repetitive failures can occur. If the block used to press the bearing in is even slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the bearing, the seals take all the pressure and probably cause them to fail prematurely.
For some extra 'life' I added a layer of thick high speed bearing grease on the outside of the bearing. This should help seal out dust and water (I hope).
My 2006 SE has 105,000 km and I've had 3 bearings replaced - 2 on the same wheel. The latest problem happened last week. After hearing some grinding I brought to a local Canadian Tire. The hoisted the truck the mechanic could physically move the back right wheel - 2nd bearing problem with that one. My Nissan dealership is 2 hours away, so they sent a truck to tow it to the shop for free (extended warranty came in handy).
Here's the issue - my lease expires this November. I'm thinking of buying the truck, but if these problems are a sign of things to come, am I setting myself up for hassles? To those of you with 150k+ on your trucks, how reliable have your XTs been?
Other than the wheel bearings, mine if running fine. I had a problem with the back wiper motor, took it apart, cleaned the brushes and it fixed the problem. I am about to replace the struts to restore original ride, not absolutely necessary at this point but I like 'tight' suspension. UAP Napa stocks many OEM replacement parts through Altrom Group, I mention this because aftermarket part are hard to come by and expensive. You may need to ask them to search for the parts through Altrom as it isn't in their normal listings.
The Aussies love the X Trail, and other forums have good things to say, I think they are a safe bet. They are fun to drive, good on gas and I love the styling. I was dissappointed about the wheel bearing thing too, I bought a shop press and did the work myself. Princess Auto sells 20 ton presses for relatively cheap, you can really make your money back fast if you go through a few bearings!
Repeated failure on the same wheel just makes me kind of suspicious about whether the replacement bearing was fitted correctly. It is so easy to damage a bearing during installation if one e.g. does not use a properly sized drift (pushing tool) to press it on. Or, whilst trying to do it without having a press available (i.e. driving it by hammer?). Or could it be cheap / bad quality replacement bearings being used?
Those were my thoughts exactly after having installed the bearing. The outer edge of the bearing is so thin, and if a slightly small drift is used it will destroy the seals. Also, the hub is a tight fit, especially if it isn't perfectly centered and I think the force from pressing the hub in could destroy the seals. Also, the design of the knuckle makes it hard make sure it is flush during pressing of the bearing.
This is my first time installing a sealed bearing, but I would have thought that an additional seal external to the bearing may help keep dirt and moisture out.
Hi, I've got a `05 X-Trail 137 000 km.. Love the truck.. but really tired of that rear wheel bearing issue.. It is now the 4th Bearing I've changed.. (2 times on each rear wheel).. This is not normal and I am pretty sure the issue will repeat itself. Nissan should Identify the root cause and offer a solution. To me this is a problem related to the design and should be corrected by Nissan. This is a Latent Defect and none of us should be paying a wheel bearing every 30 000km.
I love my truck, but I'm really not impressed by that "feature"..
I've replaced the right rear, right front and now the left rear is shot (130 000 km). I bought myself a shop press after reading about the bearing issue and I do the work myself. I agree, it must be a design issue, I drive a 99 Protege through the exact same conditions and it has 220 000 km, with the original bearings and they are in great shape. When these bearings fail, they fail dangerously too, my rear wheel had about 1/4'' play and sounded like a helicopter hovering over the truck. This is just about a week after i noticed the noise.
Agree, good truck, like the design, handling, gas mileage but the wheel bearings are terrible.
Just brought my '06 LE in for routine service and was told RF wheel bearing needed to be replaced (45000km).
Good news...covered under warranty (5yr/100000km).
Bad news, brakes down to 10 and 15%, they want $700 to replace pads and turn rotors. I have had the brake service done annually after reading here about seized calipers. Weird though...at 36000km, I still had 30% left. Seems like a lot of wear for 9000km, do you think?
I have bought a rear wheel bearing online, anyone know the quality of CBK international parts? it good or not?
Does this bearing will fit my X-trail 2005 SE 4x4, this is firts time do it your self so I am not sure about that before remove the old bearing.
you bought a bearing without checking to see if it will fit, or comparing it to the original? That doesn't seem like a good idea.
Non, I did ordered but, it not similar with the bearing I known so I post my question here. May be the store sent wrong item.
Today they write to me that exactly what I think, I have to return for refund
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