I have work with cars since i was a kid, this problem, im stumped on. I purchased a S70 volvo 1998 . I was happy with the car untill the timing belt tentioner went , never mind about that.

The wheel bearings in the front have been replaced two times. The front right was replaced then the front left made noise. Then the front right made noise again.. They (dealer) swapped the two fronts at the same time. Now i have two brand new wheel bearing on the front of the car ,YES genuine Volvo parts only, on my car.
For some reason the front right wheel bearing is going bad. OW yea I have had the control arm replaced (right side). The struts are about 1 yr old the heavy duty struts( bogue ). There is about 8k on the new wheel bearings and now the right front is making noise again. Any ideas why the wheel bearing are letting go . The dealer says i drive the car too hard. Ow yea this is my 3rd set of tires ,the tire guy likes taking my money to trade up tires. The tires have 8 k on them as well (coopers).


Please help -Jake-

 

Are the tires feathered?
Has the right side Axle been replaced?

 

The front tires are normal no feathering or cupping. The front axles have not been replaced. I had the car 4 wheel aligned the next day after replacing wheel bearings .

 

There is something making the bearings go bad.
I would start looking at everything in the front end of the car.

 

I was thinking about the engine mounts?. Could the mounts be wrong and put pressure on the back side of the hub assembly ? Every thing in the front end seems good and when i got the 4 wheel alignment ,every thing was straight. Could the front struts be to harsh on the wheel bearings? The struts i have in there are heavy duty for a more performance ride, I used bogue instead of Sach's brand.

 

Not sure about the mounts. But I doubt it.
I doubt the struts have anything to do with it either.

Are they replacing the Bearing under warranty?

 

yes under warrenty 12 month. i used up 5 months so far. I did spent 1300.00 . Why?

 

Just wanted to make sure they weren't making you pay for them.

Hopefully it will get figured out soon.

 

I got the front right wheel bearing replaced again. Sounds and shaking went away. I told the shop see them in two months for another one . LOL, I now have a e-mail into Volvo cars of North America. They are the ones that are carring my warrenty for both front wheel bearings. We will see how responsive they are .

 

Update , I need to bring the car back in for a left front wheel bearing now,again. I just recently had the right one done, 3 weeks later the left went . The shop could not tell me on why the wheel bearing are going bad. I still have not heard from volvo cars of North America.....

 

I'm going in again for the front left wheel bearing... BTW , I did get a responce back and did talk to Volvo Cars of North America. here is the e-mail...
Dear Mr. XXXXXXXXX,

Thank you for contacting Volvo.

We are sorry to learn of the difficulties you have experienced with the wheel bearings on your 1998 S70. Volvo puts great effort into designing and manufacturing a quality automobile.

Volvo fully supports our product and will work with your retailer to resolve any outstanding issues. Please contact our Customer Care Center at 1-800-458-1552 to discuss this matter further.

Sincerely,

Volvo Cars of North America

 

Hopefully they woll help you from here keep us posted.

 

OK it has been months since i had a problems after lets say AFTER #10 wheel bearing.The only thing diffrent on this car is the Bogue Hd shocks i have on it. I wanted these so the car would hold a turn better. Here the scoop after ripping everything off the frontend on thiscar and replacing it .I finnaly took off my 1000.00 shocks . This fixed the issue.I dont have much time to explaine this but has to do with the anti-lock/tracks system. I would not have figured it out untill i bought a very expensive computer. -Jake-