Q: wheel bearings

asked by on January 04, 2017

I heard noise in front passenger side, I started loosing brakes, took to mechanic, he changed bearings, (the bearing were totally chewed up) drove about 10 miles, lost brakes, (busted brake line in front) drove about 10 miles again chewed bearings up again lost brakes again, obviously something besides bearings are bad, caliper resested when reinstalling, they didnt appear to lock up, what else could be causing this issue??? thank you

My car has 200000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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