I have a 2008 Ram 1500 with a 6’ lift and 35’s. I’m only getting about 3 months max out of my diver side hub. Warranty for the part is going to end soon so if I have to spend the money I’d rather spend it on an upgrade that’s going to last me longer

 

Are you torquing the axle nut to the proper spec? Even with 35's, those bearings should last at least 50K miles.....

 

What brand are you using?

 

I don’t have CV axles installed right now because I was having issues with the front diff. But the hubs are the same for 2wd and 4wd. Same part number and everything so they shouldn’t need the preload from the axle nuts

 

I’ve been using PartSource OE brand for the most part. I recently just upgraded to the OE+ because the warranty ended on the OE. Hopefully they will last longer. A buddy recommended SKF bearings as well

 

That hasn't been my experience.... but, I've been outta the game for a while too..... Maybe just poor quality bearings?

 

that’s what I’ve been thinking. But over the last year and a half I’ve done bearings like 8 times. Once on the passenger side and that ones held up since feb/march and hasn’t had a CV since may ish. Done the driver 7 times and I only took that cv out August/september. There’s no way I’m so unlucky that I’ve gotten 6 bad bearings

 

If they were all the same cheapo brand..... that wouldn't surprise me.... I went thru FOUR autozone store brand distributor caps on my firebird, before I got tired of them crapping out in LESS THAN DAY each..... Bought an accel cap, and that was still on there when I sold it, years later. It was the same failure each time as well.... The center spring would fail, and no spark would reach the rotor, and the engine just died. I was not a happy camper.

 

Yeah sometimes they don’t even last 3 months. The first 2 I road them until compleat failure. But the thing is those bearings made slight grinding and hard steering until they eventually popped. The rest of them I get a slight wobble in the steering wheel and I’ve been replacing them before they completely fail. But there’s never been noticeable play, noise or even binding when I jack up the truck

 

It's entirely possible that those bearings actually WANT that axle stub in there, to hold the bearing together...... and without it, they self-destruct in pretty short order. If you don't see yourself fixing the front diff any time soon,, I would be real tempted to extract the outer CV joints from the axles, and just install them, so you have something to put that nut on.....