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Hey,
I recently had a stuck caliper that got the wheel pretty hot. It would sizzle when water splashed on it. I am currently replacing the calipers. The car is a dinosaur and uses tapered roller bearings. I repacked them about 1.5 years ago after 20 years of no maintenance. Question is… since the caliper stuck and heated up the wheel, should I also repack the bearings? I’m feeling lazy, and the grease looks fine, but I know heat degrades the grease. Can I get by without repacking?
Quoted From 619DioFan:
I would remove the wheel bearings and check them for any damage and then clean and repack them. how do the rotors look ? I would check them with a straight edge to make sure the excessive heat build up did not cause any warpage.
Rotors seem to check out okay to the best of my abilities. There was no blue tint to them that is characteristic of excessively heated metal, no vibration/wobbling/noises under braking. No visible heat cracks either. The bearings looked fine as well. Grease still light and sticky. Not black like excessively worn grease.