As preventative maintenance, I recently (about 5000km ago) replaced
all wheel bearings (front and back) on my Vanagon. I used
German-branded parts.  I did the job carefully, packing with the
correct grease and properly tensioning etc.

The left rear has just started making a dreadful rumbling/drumming
noise which I can only put down to a collapsed bearing - amazing
considering I had 26 years without this ever happening.

The noise/vibration is worst around 60kph.  I can feel it in the
brakes (foot and hand). When I do a left turn/curve it is there but
when I do a right turn it disappears.

Has anyone any suggestions of how to try to work out if it is inner or
outer bearing before I pull the confounded thing apart again?

Thanks folks.

Dave

(Oh, replaced the hex-head CV joint bolts with start-bolts and found
it much easier to do up the CV joints when I installed the bearings.)

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