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philhunt:
The disks and pads on my 98 300 tdi are way past their best and in need of replacement. Although they currently seem to be ok, I was wondering whether it would be a good investment to replace the wheel bearings and seals whilst I'm doing the brakes. The Disco's done 78000 miles.

I guess there will be 2 schools of thought - those who subscribe to the view that 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' and those who support 'preventative maintenance'. Either way I'm interested in your views.

CNorman:
If that is you wading in your avitat then YES YES YES!!

Just wait until one fails on you through water ingress and you have your wheel flailing around or locked solid.

If i were fording like that then i would be replacing mine every year as part of a service.

How many others on here have had a wheel bearing fail on them in a larger than normal way?

clbarclay:
Your going to disturb the bearings to remove the disc anyway so for the cost of new bearings and seals you might as well replace them at the same time.

datalas:
Considering the cost of bearings (i.e. not much) especially in comparison to the other work you're doing I don't see any pressing reason to not put new bearings in there..

then again, I'm not sure there's that pressing a need to do so either,  you'll usually know when a bearing is going, or even on it's way out..

hmm, dunno, up to you I guess, but if I were dismantling it all I think I'd be tempted to refresh the bearings and the seals...

beast5680:
if i was taking it to bits to do the discs i would be changing the bearings as well as a matter of course, as datalas says they,re not much money

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