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[Roo]

Ok i recently posted up about a knocking noise around my front passenger side wheel. Today i decided to jack the car up to find that the wheel bearings have gone.
Is this an easy fix? can i do it myself? what parts would i need? or do i just take it to a garage?

Roo
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[THedooBZ]

it is not too difficult to replace your bearings but obviosly the methods are different depending whether you have discs or drums.

the only specail tools you need are a ball jiont separator and a 33mm socket for your hub nut and a hub puller if you have drums

i would use a haynes manual for reference.

in simple terms the process is like this;

1. chock wheels jack up vehicle.
2. remove wheel
3. extract split pin from hub nut and remove hub nut ( assitant may be required)
4. remove brake caliper and disc or brake drum.
5. split upper and lower balljionts and sterring arm jiont
6. remove hub
7. remove seal and old bearings
8. fit new bearings ensure spacer is fitted , fit new oil seals
9. refit in reverse order
10. before refitting hub nut on discs place a small spacer to help everything seat properly. (this is shown in the haynes manual)
11. check everything is fine and test drive!!!

i would reccomend timken bearings as they are taper bearings not ball bearings so should last longer, if you can get hold on a haynes manual then i would they are agreat investement.

[minidaves]

depends on how knackered its got and if the bearing has welded itself to the cv joint.

the metro ball bearing hub bearings are fine for both discs and drums, yes the timken one is orginal but if u dont make then fit correctly and this takes time they can wearout very quickly

dave

[dklawson]

I'd add that another tool you'll need is a torque wrench. This is a must.

If you have disks, do a search back in this forum about the order components should be assembled and torqued.