2006 BMW M3

[Jake]

Mileage: 128,850

Was going to do the wheel bearing on Friday, until I looked at the forecast. 24* versus a predicted 62* on Sunday? I'll wait.

Everything froze to itself on Saturday morning:



Sunday's forecast held out and it was glorious to be able to work on my car in a t-shirt with the garage door and side window wide open, in mid-December. The wheel bearing job was super easy - it's not a hard task in the first place, and this bearing had been replaced before, I'm pretty sure. BMW doesn't use red grease during assembly (that I know of).

My theory is that the original started to fail, perhaps due to E39 wheels with the wrong hub bore, the PO had it replaced and they used a cheapo part. I used a FAG bearing (sup bro? looking?) which is a solid brand. Should hold up well. Also replaced the front brake rotors as the rears were drilled/slotted (for that subpar braking performance at car show lyfe) and the fronts were blanks. PO gave me the fronts but hadn't installed them yet. At least they match now.

And hooray, my front right wheel no longer sounds like a Cuisinart stuck on "Pulse."