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Does your's have grease residue around where the sensor wire attaches to the hub? See one of the pictures I posted of the wire attachment. Both of the ones I got are like this.
Yes. I've had great luck with parts I've bought from Summit.
You will usually hear a hub that's starting to go, but not always. It's a roaring sound that gets louder over time. I also check mine whenever I have the wheels in the air, or at least once a year. To check them all you have to do is raise a wheel in the air, grab it at the 12 and 6 o'clock position (not the 9 and 3) with your hands, and try to wiggle it. If there is play then you likely have a worn hub that's due for replacement.
Mine were loose enough to feel the slop when the tire was off the ground. I’d say mileage, not just age. Theothertwin had 180k. Thecopcar had 192k.
For me, I am doing a complete rebuild of my front-end (ball joints, cv axel, tie rods...), since my Tahoe has 140K miles on it; the ball joint is shot on one side. There also seemed to be a little play on the tires when I rocked them while jacked up. Since I am tearing apart the front end anyway, and there are a lot of miles on it, I decided to go ahead and replace the hubs, too.
Perfect! That's the answer I was looking for! I thought that grease should not be there, too, but was not sure because I had not replaced a hub and wondered if this is what is like coming out of the box.
Lovely.
