Bob,
      I've had wheel bearing last the life of the vehicle.  IF the
grease seal has not failed
the bearing should be fine.  I was having a ton of niose in the rear of
my 200,000 mile
syncro, and blamed the wheel bearings.  Inspection was like looking at
new parts.
Turned out to be the transaxle.
    Some dam MBA sold Timkin bearings out to the third world and
everthing being
sold under that name, is coming from all over the world.  Who knows
about the quality.
FAG and SKF are still great produces, as far as I know.   I'll put a
used bearing in
before I put a "made in China" or "ROC"  on any vehicle.

The late 80's early 90's , gold/jetta  came with Mexican bearings and
are absolutely junk.  MY
92 jetta, has had every bearing replaced, with less than 50,000 miles.

Bob Donalds wrote:

>lets try this again
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>yesterday as I was prepping the Campa for my annual trip down the cape.
>I decided to pull one front outer wheel bearing and look to see how much grease they still had on them
>WELL the rollers where pretty much dry after about 30K so I pulled the rotors and cleaned and repacked all the front
>bearings and replace the seals. they all looked good but I was clear it was a timely inspection.
>I have done a few front brake jobs in my time and feel that I did a good job packing the bearings the first time. This lead me to
>wonder what the big green book calls for on front wheel bearing maintenance. To my surprise I found nothing listed
>Has anybody seen any listing for front wheel bearing repacking intervals listed.
>to me its seens 30K is right the new front pads and rotors still looked great with 80% left on the pads
>rear brake inspection next
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>Bob Donalds
>Boston Engines
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