how hard is it

[Ben j]

to change wheel bearings? front and back? think ones gone!

thanx 4 help

 

[matt4478]

Started doing this myself to my old RSi (discs all round) and found that the bearings (certainly the back ones) required pressing into the discs with a few tonnes of force!!! This also means its a ba*tard to get the old bearings out of the discs if you want to keep them... I gave up on it and asked a mate who worked at Renault to sort it for me as they have a special machine...

Matt

 

[maciek]

never done it myself.

car service does it in an hour... of course if they have new one ready to fit.

 

[adiclio16v]

yeh ull need a press to get the old ones out and new ones in otherwise its not hard if ur reasonably handy with the spanners ive done a few on differant cars

ive just bought new discs for the back from bb and they pressed the bearings in for me

adi

 

[lofty]

and if (like me) you just wack it in yourself it last a about two weeks

 

[Ben j]

to a garage it might need to go then

how much r wheel bearings?

and how much should i be looking at labour time?

 

[adiclio16v]

think my rear ones were about 50 quid for the pair, prob bout same for front labour wise id probably say about £30 per side

unless its really noisy id leave it till they are cos its hard to track down which 1 it is if thers only a slight rumble specially on the back, on the front it should only make a noise when steering in one direction as when cornering u take the load off the bearing

adi

 

[JamesG]

took mine to the garage for the front bearings and b******s said needed new driveshaft and gearbox mounts! not cheap.

 

[philglover]

Quote: Originally posted by JamesG on 20 January 2003

took mine to the garage for the front bearings and b******s said needed new driveshaft and gearbox mounts! not cheap.

why do garages feel the need to lie ALL the damn time?

Bearings are a pain mate - look through some of the old threads too, one of mine took summin 22 tons of pressure to get out and left a great big hole in the garage floor!