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2006 R53 - Rear Passenger Wheel Isn't Spinning Freely

As the title says, I started hearing a high pitched squeaky/screeching sound intermittently from the passenger side rear wheel. The rear brakes/wheel hub gets extremely hot compared to any other corner, which made me believe I had a sticky caliper. Upon taking off the caliper, the wheel still isn't spinning freely. Has anyone had a wheel bearing seize up on them? At this point it seems to be the most logical issue, even though the symptoms don't seem to match some of the other threads on the forum.

Thanks!

It sounds quite likely to be the wheel bearing - it probably rumbles when you spin the wheel.
Try Detroit Axles for an economical replacement - I haven't used them but others have.
Not too difficult to change.

Amazon

https://www.detroitaxle.com/?s=Part%...=S&product_id=

X2 for wheel bearing.

It sounds like the E brake is dragging to me. Maybe when the pads were changed, the wind back of the pistons was not completely wound back! Or, the cable is too tight, that applies the E brake needs adjusting!

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Originally Posted by ItsmeWayne (Post 4423420)

It sounds like the E brake is dragging to me.

OP stated “Upon taking off the caliper, the wheel still isn't spinning freely.”

If it were the e-brake dragging, the wheel hub would spin freely upon removal of caliper. Since it’s not, my vote is hub bearing, an easy and fairly inexpensive fix. Don’t cheap out on the bearings. NSK is a safe bet as it’s the OE manufacturer, but quality bearings can also be sourced from Timken (UK).

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Originally Posted by AoxoMoxoA (Post 4423429)

Yes, this is true, but the cause of the wheel bearing failure, may have been due to dragging brake pads. I come across several Minis' in my business, that brakes were changed, but were not turned back all the way and then destroyed the bearings with high heat build up. The point here is to make sure the work is done right. Usually when bearings go bad they get loose and sloppy, rarely they over heat an seize, before the user complains. Put a new hub on and if the repair is not right, the consequences will be the same sooner than later.
Just trying to help get to the reason the hub bearings gave up. If the car has over hundred thousand miles, the bearings are usually toast, especially if running run flat tires.
If you are not qualified to do brakes, you should leave it up to the mechanics that are. nuf said!

Quick update for members in the future. Upon removal of the wheel bearing it was pretty much seized. There was a ton of debris/rust that had gotten behind it which I'm sure was part of the issue. The car had almost 150,000 miles on. Back on the road!

Thanks for the update.