im pretty sure that my front wheel bearings are needing to be replaced. ive read a little about replacing them. but i havent heard about anyone doing it themselves. i really dont want to spend/waste the money at the dealer.how hard is it to replace them if i have access to a press and everything, as well as botha hayes and chiltons manuals?

 

You should buy a tie-rod end puller tool, I bought one from mytoolstore.com for $20 shipped. Get a 32mm axle locknut socket, and a nice 5 foot pipe to fit over your breaker bar (if you don't have access to a nice 500+ ft/lb impact wrench ).

If you have access to a hydraulic press, the hardest part is probably removing the steering knuckle.

Be sure to buy 4 snap-rings that go on either side of the wheel bearing. You'll need snap ring pliers to remove/install them. Since there are 2 per side, you need 4 total.

I haven't done it myself, but I've studied the procedures. (I'm pondering doing it myself if it gets worse...)

 

why can i get these snap rings at? and any idea how long you think itll take me? ive never really messed with drivetrain type stuff.

 

how much would a shop charge?

 

id assume theyd charge way more than id want to pay. thats for sure. im sure it wont be too hard to do myself. hopefully. anyone have a write up, or should i make one?

 

I changed the front wheel bearings on my prelude. It really wasn't that bad but I don't have access to a press so I had to bring the hubs to a garage and they charged me $60 to press out the old bearings and press in the new ones. I borrowed a tie rod end puller from napa and it is free as long as you bring it all back. If you got the manuals and a little bit of knowledge of what is going on you should be ok.

 

snap-rings buy at a Nissan dealer.

 

I thought I read that you could buy the knuckle/bearing as an assembly. Depending on cost, you might be better off going that route. If not, I would definately take the knucke assembly to a garage or machine shop to have them actually changed.

 

do it the old way... get a hammer, a piece of tube... same diameter as the bearing.... hit the bearing until it comes out. For the press you can use a jack to press on it, but you need a place where you can use your jack and it will press itself in.. I have seen people doing it this way.......

 

lol. That's ghetto, but it's funny 'cause it'd probably work.

 

ill make my first attempt at changing them next week after i get my other car back from a friend. itlll take my guy a day to do the pressing. ill update, when i make progress

 

it is ghetto but trust it will work... a friend of mine did it to my car... I hada Mazda protege.and they suffer from the bearings.... bad quality...and trust me changing those sucker every 10k miles was a $$$ pain

 

10K miles what the hell? That's awful. I can't see changing rotors every 20K, although I've been doing just that, but WHEEL BEARINGS every 10K is just asinine. At that rate, you'd justify buying an OTC Hub Tamer toolset--
http://www.ntxtools.com/Merchant/mer...Category_Code=
or http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...spagename=WD1V

 

Check this site out:
http://www.motorvate.ca/mvp.php/704

 

Ohhhh my, that dude is hardcore.

Thing is though, that's for a 4th gen right? DAVEB said the 5th gen's wheel bearings are somewhat different... possibly different sized pieces needed for a lot of those. (for one thing, I know mine uses a 32mm socket for the axle locknut, not 36mm)