Do I need to have my wheel bearings repacked? Or, is that something that is usually done via the grease zerks, when I have the vehicle lubed during a LOF?

 

You might want to call the place you are using for LOF and they may or may not want to do the job. Pretty sure a bad bearing will entail replacing entire hub assy.

 

Thanks. Not experiencing any issues I know of. Just got to thinking about routine maintenance and couldn't remember if this was covered by grease zerks or not. And I figured best to ask here, vs the shop I go to, as they might say to have them repack them, just to sell the additional work. Also, neither my Ford Dealer, or Goodyear, where I've been getting tires/alignments has ever mentioned I should have this done.

 

Noise originating from that area could be a wheel bearing. They are pre assembled, lifetime lubrication and if found to have a problem , entire hub is replaced.

 

Thanks again. I will keep a close ear to see if I hear any noise, but sounds like I should be good. Didn't realize they are supposed to be lifetime lubrication. The Escape, now 6 y.o, has just over 75K miles. But we did a big, cross-country (round robin really) trip from mid-May until the end of June, putting on about 11K during that trip. FL - southern CA - up to OR, then across ID, MT, ND, MN, IA, IL, KY, TN, AL then back home to FL.