Help with replacing front wheel bearing...
#2
NO.
U need to take the entire knuckle off and have the bearings pushed out. Not something u can do in the garage, take the knuckles to a press shop, they will push out the old bearing and push in new bearings. I like NTK and u can get it online at autopartswarehouse.com
U need to take the entire knuckle off and have the bearings pushed out. Not something u can do in the garage, take the knuckles to a press shop, they will push out the old bearing and push in new bearings. I like NTK and u can get it online at autopartswarehouse.com
#4
#8
#9
whats the best advice for getting the lower control arm bolt off of the spindle. seems to be a bytch. i have everything off and it wont budge. PB blaster is soaking on it now, and i want to hit it with a heat gun tomorrow.
even tried an impact wrench even though i hate to use it near delicate areas.
even tried an impact wrench even though i hate to use it near delicate areas.
#10
Were you able to get the nut off? Get the nut off, then use a prybar to pry between the knuckle and control arm while you bang on the knuckle with a hammer. It helps if you still have the strut bolted to the knuckle.
#11
I was just talking with Craigmax, the balljoint nut is froze. Impact driver wouldn't budge it. He hit it with some BP blaster and will try again tomorrow. I guess 200k miles of crud stuck on there will lock it up.
Last edited by rvamaxima; 01-09-2010 at 06:03 PM.
#13
Shoot we get a ton of high mileage cars in our shop and we're still able to get fasteners off. But you guys got all that road salt crap huh.
Definately soak the hell outta it with rust penetrant, bang on it with a nice mechanic's hammer like a 32 oz or mallet and keep trying. If that still doesn't, put a 1/2 inch drive socket on it with a big cheater bar and keep trying. Sometimes the cheater bar is stronger than an impact. You can also spray the area with brake kleen and get it all cleaned up and use a torch to get the nut red hot glowing, it should take a few mins. Then quickly spray the knuckle and balljoint stud with brakekleen to cool it down while trying to avoid cooling down the nut and try the cheater bar again while someone bangs on the knuck with a hammer.
Definately soak the hell outta it with rust penetrant, bang on it with a nice mechanic's hammer like a 32 oz or mallet and keep trying. If that still doesn't, put a 1/2 inch drive socket on it with a big cheater bar and keep trying. Sometimes the cheater bar is stronger than an impact. You can also spray the area with brake kleen and get it all cleaned up and use a torch to get the nut red hot glowing, it should take a few mins. Then quickly spray the knuckle and balljoint stud with brakekleen to cool it down while trying to avoid cooling down the nut and try the cheater bar again while someone bangs on the knuck with a hammer.
#17
Both my front bearings went bad on my Grand prix at around 85k miles...the one hub bearing was so bad that it melted and bonded the hub metal to the axle...and it only just started humming about 2-4 weeks before that. I had to cut the axle to remove everything.
As fars bearings went on my maxima, I replaced all four at once at a shop when one went bad at 140k...I just said screw it lets break the bank.
As fars bearings went on my maxima, I replaced all four at once at a shop when one went bad at 140k...I just said screw it lets break the bank.
#18
Been through this 2 weeks ago... 185 000 km
Heres my contribution
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....92#post7395692
Heres my contribution
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....92#post7395692
Last edited by ColtMax; 01-28-2010 at 02:44 PM.
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