21 Yukon bad wheel bearing with only 30000 miles

Stbentoak said:

Every place I’ve ever been uses a torque limiting extension on the air driver. It won’t torque over 140 foot pounds. I have one in the toolbox of my truck…. quick and easy to rap the nuts on and not worry if they are over torqued.

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I saw a YouTube video where they tested out some of these "Torque Sticks" to see if they actually do work. And they actually DO work, sort of. The caveat is that they ONLY work on air powered impacts for some reason. Battery powered impact wrenches still allowed the fasteners to be over torqued with the torque stick in use. But the pneumatic impacts actually would NOT go over the torque that the torque stick was rated for. They explained something about the way the anvils are designed and the number of impacts per minute and yada yada, as to why it only worked on air impacts. So at least I learned something, that torque sticks are absolutely USELESS on a battery powered impact, they ONLY work on pneumatic impacts. Since I only own cordless impacts, I now know that there's no point in ever purchasing torque sticks. I stick to just one ugga dugga, and then finishing all the lugs with an actual torque wrench.

I have a Milwaukee M18 impact. It has a 4th mode which allows it to run down a lug nut just until it’s snug and then it cuts the power. I get all the lug nuts snug, lower the Yukon back to the ground and finish with a torque wrench @ 140 ft-lbs.

to put things into perspective the "typical" life of a OE wheel hub is 160k, but ya they can fail at anytime
could have been caused by a internal defect (poor quality control), or who knows a spectacular pot hole.........

Doubeleive said:

to put things into perspective the "typical" life of a OE wheel hub is 160k, but ya they can fail at anytime
could have been caused by a internal defect (poor quality control), or who knows a spectacular pot hole.........

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Yes, or more in a dry climate. Got 238K out of the left front hub on my ‘07 and the right side is still going strong. Arizona car until I bought it.

I’m getting the same clicking noise on my 2021 Yukon XL also at 30,000 miles. Took it to my local GMC dealer and their techs say the clicking is normal when the vehicle is on the lift or jacks. The clicking goes away when the bearings have load on them. I call BS. Here’s a video of mine that I shared with my service tech.

paspasero said:

I’m getting the same clicking noise on my 2021 Yukon XL also at 30,000 miles. Took it to my local GMC dealer and their techs say the clicking is normal when the vehicle is on the lift or jacks. The clicking goes away when the bearings have load on them. I call BS. Here’s a video of mine that I shared with my service tech.

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Take a look into the bulletin in this thread.

Thread 'Popping/Ticking in Wheel Assembly'
https://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/threads/popping-ticking-in-wheel-assembly.146966/

Smacdonald82 said:

Hi! I have a 21 Yukon XL. I noticed some clicking type noises in my front end when I would cut the wheel hard to the right or left. I took it to the dealership today and the left front wheel bearing is bad already. My Yukon has 30128 miles on it. Has anyone else had theirs go bad this early in the newer body styles? Now I’m worried that the other will go also and I only have 6000 miles left on my warranty! Just curious if this has been an issue for anyone else! Thanks!

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I have a 2022 Tahoe and mine started doing that around 25k a pop or thunk one time when turning usually when the car was cold or hadn’t been driven for awhile. Dealer went thru two different tsb no fix they called Chevy tech and were told a lot of those are coming in and they will be replacing both front hubs as the bearings are bad

Silvertahoe22 said:

I have a 2022 Tahoe and mine started doing that around 25k a pop or thunk one time when turning usually when the car was cold or hadn’t been driven for awhile. Dealer went thru two different tsb no fix they called Chevy tech and were told a lot of those are coming in and they will be replacing both front hubs as the bearings are bad

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Did replacing the hub bearing fix your issue? My 2021 Denali is doing this same damn thing.

Smacdonald82 said:

Hi! I have a 21 Yukon XL. I noticed some clicking type noises in my front end when I would cut the wheel hard to the right or left. I took it to the dealership today and the left front wheel bearing is bad already. My Yukon has 30128 miles on it. Has anyone else had theirs go bad this early in the newer body styles? Now I’m worried that the other will go also and I only have 6000 miles left on my warranty! Just curious if this has been an issue for anyone else! Thanks!

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Just had to replace my 2021 Tahoe bearing, not in warranty had 45K miles- not in good shape my mechanic said was good thing had done. Had another friend on 2021 chevy pickup wheel came off.

leem22 said:

Just had to replace my 2021 Tahoe bearing, not in warranty had 45K miles- not in good shape my mechanic said was good thing had done. Had another friend on 2021 chevy pickup wheel came off.

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You can buy the Timken part (the best) on Rock Auto for $71.79. The knuckle flange is different than the earlier generations (hence, not interchangeable) but the basic hub design and bearing is the same. I had to change one of mine in my '07 at around 245K but still have the original on the other side at 248K and it's still tight. We saw similar mixed lifespans on the earlier generation trucks too, when they were as new as a 2021 is today, but most make it to at least 160K. Long story short, folks getting less than 100K on them are an anomaly but still not unheard of. It's not something I would worry about much, but I would check them at least once per year, as with any vehicle.