Isolating the tightness in front wheel

During a regular washing exercise, I noticed that the front wheel was not rotating freely. There was a slight rubbing noise and the movement stopped abruptly. It was difficult to isolate the exact reason as there could have been many.

The reasons that I thought might be causing the issue:

• Speedometer Cable
• Front Disc rubbing against the shoes
• The front shaft nut tightened too much
• Bearings gone bad

Determined to resolve the incident before it turns to be a problem, followed the following steps:

Step 1: Disconnected the speedometer cable. Did not make any difference.
Step 2: Disconnected the front disc hub. Did not make any difference.
Step 3:Loosened and tightened the shaft nut. Did not make any difference.
Step 4: Hence it had to be the bearings and so it was

Since I haven't changed the bearings before, wanted to see how it is done. Asked My regular Mechanic to fetch the bearings and  he too agreed that it was the bearings. Closely observed how he changes the bearings - good learning.

What I thought would happen if this incident was not resolved at the earliest:

- The bearings would have gone even bad, may be damaging the shaft on longer run

- Noise would have increased further
- Drop in mileage since the load transfer was not smooth

Issue resolved by changing the bearings and now I'm a happy camper! Cost of new bearings 260 INR