Originally posted by Tony2005:
"So when I do the 6/12 test, I shouldn't find any movement, correct?"

Correct.

"Assuming I find bad bearings, my follow-up question is, what is a good aftermarket bearing that will have a longer life than the OEM part?"

SKF. Stazi, a CEGer sells them. Read this thread with his info and you can PM him.
http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=wheels&Number=1228967&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=31&fpart=1

"The car has only 75k miles - way too soon for bearings to go bad, in my opinion."

Depends on the road (or off-road ) conditions.



I agree, wheel bearings really just go bad on cars, pending upon road conditions a good time interval is between 70K and 100K miles. My Contour needed to have two replaced at 105K miles, and my Corolla will need one soon at 104K miles, though I really dont drive it all that much in the coming weeks so I probably wont worry about it for a while.

98 Corolla LE 1.8L DOHC 1ZZFE TEIN H.Tech Springs Tokico HP series Struts Short ram air intake Tsudo Axel Back Exhaust ... if a jelly fish stung me.. would you pee on the wound?