On Dec 19, 2004, at 20:48, Charlie Davis wrote:
>> On a PITA scale of 1 to 10, 1 being an oil change
>> and
>> 10 being "just pay someone" how difficult is it to
>> replace a wheel bearing (for someone who's never
>> done
>> it before)? Hopefully it's nowhere near as annoying
>> servicing a sealed bicycle hub where all the
>> bearings
>> are loose and if you sneeze you get ball bearings
>> everywhere (I'm assuming that cars use cartridge
>> style
>> bearings).
>
> On the FWD cars I'm familiar with (Honda), it's
> probably a 10. You take off the knuckle (splitting
> ball joints, removing axle from hub) and then take the
> hub to your press, complete with the the right
> adapters and press the hub out of the center of the
> bearing, remove a circlip, then press the bearing out
> of the knuckle. Then reverse the procedure... Major
> PITA...
>
> Charlie
On the RWD domestic cars I'm familiar with, it's about a 3. You take
off the wheel, remove the caliper and rotor, and unbolt the hub from
the steering knuckle. The three tiny bolts holding the hub to the rest
of the car make you feel very nervous from that point on.
KeS
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