Fitting manual hubs, worth doing wheel bearings at the same time?

[Kiwisurfing]

Hello again fellow surfians

Just another bit of random usless thinking going on in my head,
Im fitting some new asin manual hubs in a week when they arrive in the post and wondering if there is very much extra work involved in renewing the bearings?
They dont make any noise its just that I dont know how long they should last for after all shes a 20 year old truck now (only 180ks though)

Basicly do they fail or should they last longer than the truck?

PS: in its short 180k life shes had 3 motor swaps
Bit of a hard life

[Albannach]

The quick answer is, yes, much more work.

Manual hubs - 20 mins max per side.
Wheel bearings - around 1.5 hours per side.

[NiftyNev]

Properly adjusted and lubed tapered roller bearings will go forever, providing they are not damaged in any way, or get water and dirt in through a dud seal.

If you don't know when they were last serviced then remove the hubs, clean and inspect for damage, replace if needed, or regrease and reinstall. Use a new inner hub seal.

Nev

[Kiwisurfing]

ouch, didnt know it was that much extra work
In that case thanks for the quick reply and I think ill just leave the bearings alone for now, after all as they say if it aint broke dont fix it.
in saying that I do break A LOT of things on my truck lol