My Octavia seems to have started eating wheel bearings - the drivers side was replaced about 5K miles ago and needs replacing again - I have a feeling that the previous bearing may not have lasted that long but cannot remember.

Does any one have any idea as to what may be causing this (I don't rally the car or commute through the sea!)

Thanks

Mark

replacing with skoda parts, or cheapo ones?

After market (cheapo - I suppose) it was done by my garage (not a dealer).

Still cheap one should last alot longer than 5k miles

After market (cheapo - I suppose) it was done by my garage (not a dealer).

Still cheap one should last alot longer than 5k miles

If they have been fitted less than a year ago go back to your garage that fitted them & they should replace them free of charge,there supplier should supply new bearings free of charge & the garage can claim there labour charges back from the supplier.I fitted cheaper bearings to my vrs last year & they to failed in less than 5k,my supplier replaced them free of charge,i couldnt claim for the labour as i fitted them myself(im a mechanic but work for the mod).I fitted better quality bearings this time & they appear to be fine 10k later.

dealer part every time

Don't buy a dealer part! It'll be identical to a good motorfactor one, but twice the price. Eurocar Parts and Central Auto Supplies stock OEM stuff. CAS stock FAG bearings which I know for a fact are as good as anything that is fitted at the factory since they're a genuine OE supplier!

Are you sure it's not the other bearing that's making noises now? Remember the bearing has two races in it so it the LH bearing can still moan when going round a LH corner (ie when the RH wheel is more heavily loaded)

most non gen are s****e thats fact, cant see any point in buying one that lasts 6 month when you can buy a genuine one with a 2 year guarantee for £48.

Don't buy a dealer part! It'll be identical to a good motorfactor one, but twice the price. Eurocar Parts and Central Auto Supplies stock OEM stuff. CAS stock FAG bearings which I know for a fact are as good as anything that is fitted at the factory since they're a genuine OE supplier!

Are you sure it's not the other bearing that's making noises now? Remember the bearing has two races in it so it the LH bearing can still moan when going round a LH corner (ie when the RH wheel is more heavily loaded)

Both front bearings have been replaced recently (after 100k miles +/-) - and this one has been diagnosed by my garage - it failed it's MOT on this.

just got a price off my skoda dealer for a n/s front wheel bearing for my octy 1 vrs £142.99 fitted

retail price is £48.52 inc vat. so they want nearly £100 in labour

retail price is £48.52 inc vat. so they want nearly £100 in labour

sounds that way

they want £157 to fit front/rear discs/pads that im supplyin

most non gen are s****e thats fact, cant see any point in buying one that lasts 6 month when you can buy a genuine one with a 2 year guarantee for £48.

INA-FAG (no pun intended) are an OEM supplier and one of the biggest bearing manufacturers in the world and that's fact! The bearings are manufactured in Germany, and I can guarantee there will be several bearings made by them in your car already! Anything made by SKF, INA-FAG, Koyo et al is as good, if not identical to the one the dealer will sell you for £20 more.

There are obviously rubbish pattern parts out there, but you just have to do a bit of research which isn't really difficult and easily worth 20 beer tokens. I can promise you the ones you get from your dealer have come off the same production lines as the ones you get from a good motor factor. I work for a major automotive company as a design engineer, and many of the spare parts that are sold in dealerships are in fact shipped in to our warehouse, taken out of the box they came in, and put back in another with our company name on it! The reason we do it this way is simply to allow us to track components that are replaced and to ensure we know what components are being replaced with when a product is still under warranty. It also makes it easy for the dealers to order replacement parts as it's under our part numbering system.

i work for VAG, nuff said! never go near my car with non gen stuff, why take the risk on it lasting 6 month the £20 you save you'll waste on labour. of course it helps if you get trade discount which will bring it more inline with non gen prices