New hub bearing failed in less than 500 miles

[Ristin]

While changing the passenger side half shaft I discovered the hub bearing was going out. Replaced with a new unit from Autozone and all seemed ok until I took the Expy in for an alignment today with less than 500 miles on the new bearing. Shop called and said passenger side wheel bearing was bad and it was. Now I don't know if I did something wrong on the install or if I just happened to get a bad unit from Autozone. I haven't disassembled yet. Looking for suggestions, don't want to replace it again and have the same issue if it's something I'm doing wrong.

 

[stamp11127]

I've never had an issue with Timken bearings, give them a shot. Was the AZ the Duralast brand?

 

[Ristin]

Yes it was the dura last. I think it was a bad bearing out of the box. I was going to get the Timkin but they were out of stock and I need the expy for this weekend. I swapped in the replacement hub bearing and it seems to fit better than the one I took out.
Expy is at the shop getting new lower ball joints today along with an alignment.