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The rear wheel bearings on my k reg mitsubishi lancer was replaced by a garage 3 weeks ago but it has just disintergrated on the motorway, any idea what the garage may have done wrong ,i know they did not use a torque wrench when they did the nut up ,could they have either over tighten it or left it slack they did it up with a air wrench

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1.SETTING A WHEEL BEARING WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH CAN DAMAGE IT.
2.TOO LOOSE THE WHOLE HUB WOULD TRY TO COME OFF.

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Hi:
Your guess is probably correct that they were over tightened on installation, or perhaps not greased at all? even if they were loose, they wouldn't be destroyed.

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