The rear wheel bearings have an inner and outer seal. No reasonable way
could external washing of the wheels flush out the bearings.

Mark

Dave Vickery wrote:

> I had asked about rear wheel bearing scraping noise and red dirt or rust
> coming out of the wheel bearing area when I pressured washed my
> wheel.  The
> consensus of the list was replace the wheel bearing or risk an expensive
> bigger job. ..............................