rear wheel bearing job w pics

[Exodus_2pt0]

Don't know if it has been mentioned yet, but I had to swap an IX hub out of a control arm I pulled from the local yard to install on a vert.

One of these:


Makes life easy of removing the hub and axle.

I happened to have this to re-install:
http://www.amazon.com/OTC-6298-Front.../dp/B000F5HUZ8

Again, makes quick work of it.

[lambo]

Now that I have read this thread and my car is at 240k...I feel like my wheel bearings are gonna go out like tomorrow.

[InuFaye]

Challenge: Do this job with the car on a lift....two feet of the ground.....with the power out for a week. BTDT.

No air, no lifting, all manual labor. Sucked ass. Oh yeah, it was 90+ that week and we had no power for a fan.

It was 100+ DUDE.

[slammin.e28]

Challenge: Do this job with the car on a lift....two feet of the ground.....with the power out for a week. BTDT.

No air, no lifting, all manual labor. Sucked ass. Oh yeah, it was 90+ that week and we had no power for a fan.

[wikkid]

Also found this youtube vid (one in a series) for removal/install:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4PK1jXhppE

It looks like a good companion for this thread, and also shows the HF tools he uses.

[Kershaw]

i did my front drivers side bearing (with ldsbeaker) and it was pretty straight forward. our only real hiccup was that we couldnt remove the damn circlip on the cv joint. as soon as i lowered my e30, the cv joints cracked open so i figured i might as well replace them while the axle is off the car. wow. that little guy was stuck in there. i've replace all the cv boots on my previous ix so i didnt think it would be a problem. talk about hours and hours wasted. (a friends dad popped it off in 20 minutes. experience.)

but... it let me go home and grab another wheel hub because my current one was toasted. check this bitch out!

[E30Gus]

What rebuilt shaft units are you guys buying? I've heard many horror stories about pretty much all of them.

[bats]

This thread helped a lot in my wheel bearing endeavor. Thanks to OP and all who posted.

I will add that an impact gun on the HF bearing kit is a huge plus. Also the large bearing seperater helped too.

If nothing (sheared carrier bolt, reinstalling brake shoes) unexpected happened, easily done in an hour.

[///M42 sport]

^^ why I went with rebuilt ones. The cost of CV boots and time required to repack them isnt worth it vs buying them rebuilt.

[Simon S]

Yeah – those axle joints were a f’ing bear.

Instructions say not to use gas, or heavy solvents to clean old grease out – but soapy water. (interferes with new grease evidently)

Soapy water doesn’t do shit on old grease – so I went ahead and soaked them in buckets of old gas..
because I didn’t want the old grease in there..
then I doused them simple green + water – because I didn’t want the gas in there..
then I hosed them down with water – because I didn’t want the soap in there..
then I blew them off with compressed air – because I didn’t want the water in there..
then I hit them with a heat gun – because I wanted ALL the moisture out of there..

then it was hours of fiddle-fuckin around with grease packets and anti-seize smeared all over the green earth..
.. and I’m pretty OCD – so I was washing grease and gook off my hands every 10 minutes.

Like beating your head with a hammer – it sure feels good when it’s done. Tell you what - the action on the cv motion was much smoother when repacked. They had a pretty 'notchy' feel when I first pulled them off..

For as much as inner/outer boot kits cost – you’re better off just getting rebuilt units – unless you’re an original equipment freak like me.

[tonywonder]

oh u did that too? i was going to do that but couldnt figure out how to get the joint out. i just swapped the axles with some spares i got.

[Simon S]

Jesus Christ..
Just finished putting everything back together after also repacking cv joints and new boots.
I'm beat.
Jesus Christ

[immajackuup]

Even using the correct bearing tool, this job still sucks ass. Those that are going to tackle it, be sure that you are up to the task.

Pelican rates this job at an 8, with a 1 being putting air in your tires, and a 10 being rebuilding your engine.

done this before on my civic and it was pretty easy but time consuming.

[Simon S]

Groove out - like I found the originals..

Honestly - I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter.

Stock up on beer for this job.

[Jand3rson]

Even using the correct bearing tool, this job still sucks ass. Those that are going to tackle it, be sure that you are up to the task.

Pelican rates this job at an 8, with a 1 being putting air in your tires, and a 10 being rebuilding your engine.