Doing my rear wheel bearing for 1st time myself ,any tips other than rear wheel on ground..
03-07-2009, 07:33 AM
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Doing my rear wheel bearing for 1st time myself ,any tips other than rear wheel on ground..
when loosening the center CV bolt. Forgot that and had to put wheel back on and drop car again to remove. I've seen the tech articles ,just wondering if anybody had other words of wisdom. I have cold beer ready for when its over.
03-07-2009, 07:48 AM
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yeah....
be glad your doing it yourself... my passenger rear wheel bearing was 110... =/
o and if you can back LOTS AND LOTS of greese in it...
im building a 1971 chevy ss and when i was doing the wheel bearings it prob took me about an hour of just backing them with greese
o and if you can back LOTS AND LOTS of greese in it...
im building a 1971 chevy ss and when i was doing the wheel bearings it prob took me about an hour of just backing them with greese
03-07-2009, 08:09 AM
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Here are some pictures from when I did mine. There is a good writeup in the tech section.
<ul><li><a href="http://www.pbase.com/rookie18/wheel_bearing">http://www.pbase.com/rookie18/wheel_bearing</a</li></ul>
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03-07-2009, 08:22 AM
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All I can say is that when I watched ECS do my left rear, they had a hell of a time.
They used a six foot pipe on the wrench to remove the axel bolt, and then air-wrenched on the hub press for about an hour before they got it out. They seriously had 3 techs alternating on the air wrench. It was the best $200 I ever spent....
I hope yours comes easier.
I hope yours comes easier.
03-07-2009, 08:46 AM
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One hour in ...ctr bolt came out with my breaker bar,no prob. Brakes off , top bolt out ..lunch time
I spent 20 minutes here looking, surfing the forum tech articles and looking at Bentley . I can't believe how easy the center bolt came free ,but I hit it with my impact for about 1 minute then grabbed my 1/2" 30 inch breaker bar,didn't even take all my weight to loosen it then I ran it out with the impact. Well ,I need a quick break,sandwich and then back at it .
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