I think my front wheel bearings are gone. I hear the wuwuwuwu noise when I turn and I have a shimmy at 60+ mph. I did the Hunter 9700 Roadforce balance 3 times and the shimmy is still there.

My question is, can I replace them myself? I don't have a press so if I would buy the hub assembly does it come with the bearings installed? Is that then a simple swap? Are there any aftermarket bearings that last more that the Nissan stock ones?

Also, how much do you folks have paid to have the dealer or a shop replace them?

Thanks in advance,
Jim

 

Hi, I think you should go to a shop and have someone replace it for you. because HUB would be expensive and still you would either have to pay someone to do it. The wheel bearing job at my shop would be about 60 bucks labor + parts. But I don't know what Denver shops charge. I'm guessing the winter cold makes the prices go up?

Also you asked if there are different bearing qualities, my personal thought on this is probably not, but you can buy it yourself where ever you want and bring it to the shop and have them swap it, afcourse ask them if they are O.k with you buying it yourself some shops don't want customers buying parts coz sometimes you bring in the wrong part and it's alot of mess...Anyway

Just jump in a shop I think thats the best thing you can do, since I'm guessing you aren't a mechanic.

 

Thanks Maxima260. No, I'm not a mechanic, but I like to do most of the basic repairs myself. It's mostly fun and relaxing for me and gets my mind off work and other daily routines. But for $60 labor or so, you're right, I may have someone else do it.

Cheers!

 

I asked about this not too long ago. You can do most of the work yourself. You need to buy a new hub ($130) and a new bearing ($30 or so...someone verify this). But you need a shop to press out the old bearing and press in the new one using a 5 ton press.

Here's a site that basically lays out what you need to do for a 4th gen, but about the same. Go under "Steering" on the nav bar on the left...

http://www.motorvate.ca/mvp.php

 

How do you diagnose a bearing gone bad? I have that wuwuwuwuwu sound driving straight, not even turning...