Destroyed wheel bearing

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  1. POMAKLE

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    Just want it to share my story with you guys!

    Last weekend I was on my way to home when I suddenly heard something scrapping, I immediately knew it was a front disc brake. It was kind of scary 'cause I was doing 50 mph, so I stopped the car and looked everywhere, everything seemed fine. So I continued my way home when the real scary part began, NO BRAKES! Obviously I was like 5 mph so nothing happened.

    I thought I lost a front brake pad because the sound was coming from there. I jacked up the car and started to remove the front left wheel, I've noticed the wheel was kind of loose. I disassembled the caliper, disc and this is what I found.
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    As you can see, the caliper and dust shield had some marks, and obviously the brake had those marks.
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    If you look closely, you will see the destroyed inner wheel bearing.
    20160319_113747.jpg The outter was complete.

    On the right side, everything looked fine but I decided to replace everything. I will take pictures of everything fixed later.

    PS. Don't blame on the drilled rotors. A local shop did this with my "authorization".
     

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