Hi Guys,

Happy New Year to you all. I am attempting to replace one of my rear wheel bearings tomorrow out in the cold. I would leave it but the noise is giving me a headache now after 10 mins of driving. So it's either upgrading my ICE so I can drown out the noise or replace the bearing.

Has anyone done this job recently? If so have you got some handy hints for me please.

 

Cheers

Glenn

It's not too hard really, just remove the disk, brake shoes and hub nut. The bearing is bolted through from the inside with 4 bolts. There is also one big nut on the back that holds on the pin that locates the top of the brake shoes that's very tight (I think it's a 32mm?).

You don't need to remove the driveshaft to do it, if you push the protruding end of the shaft back the movement in the CV joints is enough to allow you to get to the 4 bolts that hold the bearing in place (a puller can be helpful).

You'll need somewhere with a BIG press to remove the hub from the bearing and press it into the new one. Mine needed about 80tons and it's a bitch to hold in position.

Thanks for the help, I wondered if it could be done without having to remove the whole hub carrier from the car. I suppose as long as you can get to the four nuts that holds the bearing hub to the carrier it can be done:confused:

 

Cheers

Glenn

No can do mate :(

 

To do the job properly you're gonna have to get the carrier off of the car to press the bearings in and out.

 

When you've got the carrier off, why not take it to a local engineer and get them to press the bearings in and out?

 

Probably not cost you more than 30 quid!

 

Nick

No, it can be done without removing the carrier. The bearing comes already pressed into a housing which bolts to the carrier.

You still need to get the hub pressed in/out but you definately don't need remove any suspension components etc.

HTH