[Steelwheel]

Originally Posted by Stealthee

I've had axle nuts that I know weren't over tightened be so tight coming off that I literally picked a car up with a breaker bar and cheater pipe. An impact wouldn't have budged it.

You've probably got a gaulded nut. Again a cheap (or defective) bearing fail prematurely, if it was too tight I still doubt that caused premature failure. My Grand Prix uses the exact same bearing and I didn't even use a torque wrench when when I replaced my fronts two years ago and they are still silent.

Well, took it to a shop and a mech blasted it with an impact wrench, after 30 seconds, it loosened. Drove it home no problems and installed the new bearing. Nice and quiet now!

It sounds like you're right about the nut tightness. The bearing did last a few months without noise, but it must have been from the bottom rung quality wise.