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05-02-2013 #1
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Playing devils advocate for a moment; I've heard stock c5's driven by Grandpa's on Sunday that end up with bad bearings within 30k miles. My neighbour is on his 3rd set on his C5. He's owned it 7 years and has 70-80k on it. I swore up and down that couldn't be the issue but process of elimination confirmed it. It seems to start with a whirring that sounds very similar to loud tire noise. I'm sure that this is the other end of the spectrum, however a quick search for c5 wheel bearing failure comes up with much more than zero results.
All this being said, I'm using the c5 units myself and feel they'll be fine as long as you pay attention to general maintenance. Std replacements are nowhere near $300 locally. They can be found for < $100 in many cases. Autozone has their duralast brand that are rebranded timken units for around $90. The actual timken brand run $140.
The SKF/ZR1 units are great, but Brit is right, they are pricy. Given the small number of miles I'll be getting between inspections I'm more than happy to possibly replace them a little more frequently for around 1/3 of the cost.
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