Hey my wheel bearing has gone bad on the drivers side. Would it be easier to replace the entire hub assembly or just the bearing???

 

Front or rear?

 

Front

 

I'm not sure you can get the whole assembly for the front, unless you get it at a junkyard, in which case you'd be risking having to replace it again in a short period of time.
Typically you'd buy the bearing, remove the hub assembly and take it to a shop where they press out the old bearing and press in the new one, unless you have the heavy duty press required for such job.

 

You can get the entire assembly from rockauto just don't know if it's work it?

 

My understanding was that you can get the repair kit, but the new bearing still had to be pressed in into the hub.

 

the whole assembly is pressed together and a lot of the time if the bearing goes bad, it destroys the hub. oreilly's sells the hub and bearing as a kit.

 

Yes, I forgot to mention that. The kit is only the bearing, wheel hub, snap ring and the axle nut, but the knuckle is also part of the assembly, and they all get pressed together.
EDIT: When I did mine, I only purchased the bearing. I removed the whole assembly and took it to a shop to have them press out the old bearing and install the new one.

 

I recently did my passenger front, and learned my lesson.
First you have to fully remove the steering knuckle, press out the hub, then the bearing. I don't think you can buy an assembly, unless you bought a whole new knuckle from nissan, which you dont want to do. You can buy a new bearing and hub, and press them in in the reverse order.

My mistake was only buying a bearing, because the two peice design of the inside of the bearing, the side that had gone bad ruined the side of the hub it was in contact with.

I had to reassemble with a bad hub, since it was at a friends garage, the parts store was closed and it needed to roll out that day. Knowing this would ruin the new bearing quickly I'm now looking at a new hub and bearing for that side.

The bearing alone was just under $40, and the kit with both hub and bearing is around $120 I believe.

 

get a timken bearing remove the knuckle form the car... literally its 2 bolts on the strut, one axle bolt, one tie rod bolt, and one lower ball joint bolt... and then 2 bolts on the caliper carrier literally 7 bolt and the entire assembly is out... take it to a shop to get the old bearing pressed out and the new pressed in... i changed mine at 200K and hub was perfectly fine...

 

I just replaced my pass side bearing and hub, the bearing did indeed mess up the hub. I was able to get the assembly from napa auto parts, not sure if you have one around you, but they have them and also sell the bearing and hub separate.

 

Getting the parts isn't a problem I work at a parts store. Just wanna do it right the first time

 

buy the whole kit as the hub might/most likely is worn. I only got the bearing and ended up needing the hub for my driver side. I would also do your passenger side one as it is most likely starting to go out also.

Edit: forgot to add that The Tire factory will press the bearing out and the other one in for $50 or at least in Washington.

 

Incase nobody has said it when you take the knuckle off to get the bearing pressed out make sure you take the snap ring off the back side of the bearing before you start pressing the bearing out.

I know it sounds like common sense but if you don't notice it will cause a lot of frustration and wasted time until you take it out.

 

Here, this might help. Great seller too!

https://maxima.org/showthread.php?t=651191

Said you work at a parts store? Without knowing which one, I found Autozone to be significantly higher on their Timken bearings than most other places.