2005 Chevrolet Aveo Keep Seeing People Talking About Rear Wheel Bearing On There

2005 CHEVROLET AVEO
107,000 MILES
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MY05AVEO
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I keep seeing people talking about rear wheel bearing going on there aveo,s. mine is bad also the thing is on my 2005 aveo the bearing is not not in the drum I have a removable drum the hub is seperate from the drum, and I am having trouble finding the hub assembly in the junk yards the only ones I can find are in the drum. Why did they make two different styles.
Feb 1, 2013 at 11:19 PM
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ASEMASTER6371
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engineering is the issue.

i would ot use a junkyard part for this. did you price a new one???

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Feb 1, 2013 at 11:22 PM
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MY05AVEO
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Yes I did. I was just looking for someone to tell me why there are two different styles. Even the dealer I called took some time to find mine,but did not know why there are two different types.
Feb 2, 2013 at 12:04 AM
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SATURNTECH9
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Just to add this one there is a vin break where they went from bearing in the drum to the hub bearing assembly.I see up till vin #426446 is the bearing in the drum.
Feb 2, 2013 at 12:28 AM
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