AC Delco in my opinion used to be the best, but not anymore. I have had better luck with other brands.

These bearings are Carquest and they have different suppliers with the same warranty (1 year). In December when I brought a warranted bearing back they blamed it on the installer who might have overtightened the axle nut, but they replaced the bearing anyway. That I can believe since that is what happened with the last set of bearings before that when another mechanic said that the axle nut was near impossible to remove when he went to replace an axle seal. Next bearing failure will be out of warranty, so at that time I will order them online and cease buying parts from Carquest completely. Especially since their parts are so cheaply made that I can find cheaper parts online or even just down the road at NAPA or Advance Auto that work better and are cheaper.

 

I say it's a bad alignment that's causing the inside of your rim to rub against something. My guess is the rim's inside is rubbing against the stabilizer bar (specially if it's an R series not a C)

 

the first time i was working on my ball joints I managed to use the wrong bolt on my abs sensor wire hanger and when I turned sharp left it rubbed the inside of my passenger side wheel... shorter bolt went in and all was well