you could say if you are talking about a 2WD or Syncro Vanagon .

or should posters reply for both scenarios ?

if you can hear wheel bearings..
they are shot, generally speaking.

but reall.y.2WD or syncro ?

I know better than to ever hope for this ..
but what would it take for posters to include all pertinent info, or
even most of it ????
Think that could ever happen ?
Do people even think that much ??
actually 'think' .

On 3/7/2014 6:00 PM, TJ Hemrick wrote:
> If they're not making noise does it really matter how old they are?
>   Really?  A visual would be best but don't you think that it they were bad
> or getting bad, that you'd hear it sooner or later?  Reason I ask is I have
> a spare set (new) and wondering why I keep them.  Not like preemptively
> replacing hoses or a fuel pump after twenty years or fuel injector hoses
> after 10 years just to be safe.  I'm thinking they're either good and they
> haven't gone bad (won't likely for a while) or they're bad now and you'd
> know for sure.  Along the same audible hint you get when a CV is bad.
>
>   Thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> TJ
>