changing front wheel bearings - DC2

[tinkerbell]

anyone done this at home?

how did you simulate a press? or do you HAVE to use a press?

how much pressure did it need?

or should i just take the hubs to a workshop?

cheers!

[Limbo]

take it to the hub shop. I got my friend who has a shop to do it for me and only charged me $300.

The bloody front bearings cost $290 from honda. That's what he got them for so it might be worse. Not sure if they need to be pressed out. Just make sure they use OEM bearings as the non geniune don't look that good.

[tinkerbell]

WTF? i am paying $45.70 for one bearing.

http://www.procureit.com.au/bearings.html

same OEM as Honda uses...

so back to my question:

anyone who has actually done this themselves, did you need a press or can you simulate one with say a bottle jack or something?

[ECU-MAN]

press is the only way to go dude. you might do damage any other way.

[elijah]

take it to the hub shop. I got my friend who has a shop to do it for me and only charged me $300.

The bloody front bearings cost $290 from honda. That's what he got them for so it might be worse. Not sure if they need to be pressed out. Just make sure they use OEM bearings as the non geniune don't look that good.

That's quite an expensive price for the bearings. I'm thinking that my cousin would have a big problem on his budget because he was planning to change the stock and worn-out bearings on his car with a trw bearings (http://www.drivewire.com/brand/trw/main-bearings/) (which he think is cheaper compare to oem) but it seems the labor for it is also expensive. Anyway, I'm gonna advice him to better save more money for this replacement.

[Bludger]

press is the only way to go dude. you might do damage any other way.
will a "Super Cheap Auto" press suffice?

[fatboyz39]

Just take it to a place that does it day in and out. If you supply hubs + new bearing it shouldn't cost more then $30 a side to press in new bearings.

[rotary_snail]

Exactly as said above. A good hydraulic press will suffice though if doing it at home.

[mooshie]

Easier just to take it to any workshop, I got one of my fronts done and they charged me $15 to take the old one out and press the new one in.

$45 is a bloody good price, I paid $63 from CBC bearings. All up to do both fronts, shouldn't cost more than about $170 as long as you can take the hub off yourself which is a very basic job.

[tinkerbell]

i bought a shitty 6T ebay press and it got the job done, then another job, then another job and another job...

[e240]

what a wake up from the dead - i was going to offer you use of my press until i saw the date of the original post

[migoreng]

I drive a BB6 Prelude. I checked my front wheels this week and they move a tiny bit...

I say about 1 degree of movement with my hands on 9 and 3 o clock..When I move my front wheels at 12 and 6 o clock it's solid...no wobble at all...

Any idea if that's normal?

[Bludger]

it would be your tie rod/steering rack/bush related, not the bearings

[migoreng]

mmm ok..thought so.

Any idea why I get a constant 'wuuwuuwoowoo' low tone humming noise between 50-90kph? I did a quick test the other day and the noise almost disappears around 110kph.

When I weave my car left/right around at 50-70kph the noise doesn't change and I don't hear any grinding/metal noises. My KU31 Kumho tyres have almost 20,000km on them. Looks like about 50% tread is left...also they are 215/40/17 with date codes mid to late 2006 so they're nearly 5 years old.

The noticed the noise started around December last year. I did change my 17x7 rims in January but kept the same KU31 tyres. The noise was still there...
Only other thing I did over the last few months was replace steering and outer cv boots because they were split open.

[tinkerbell]

probably your tyres...

[bennjamin]

probably your tyres...

Agree. I have some oldish 17 inch nangkang rubber on my car and it makes a ever so slight humm womm noise as
You drive.

[lil_foy]

Ku31 are just a noisey tyre man, I have some aswell and noticed that when i got them.

[migoreng]

Ku31 are just a noisey tyre man, I have some aswell and noticed that when i got them.

The road noise was ok when I first got them. Since they have been worn almost 50% i'm guessing that's why they gradually got louder and louder? At first I was suspecting worn wheel bearings but they are solid when I checked for wobble..Like someone said the 9 and 3 o clock motion is related to the tie rods/bushes etc...

I'm only expecting 40,000km out of these tyres so i've got another year to go. If I could, I would borrow spare set of rims off someone just to see if the noise disappears.

[tinkerbell]

well, that is the easy way to rule out tyre noise isn't it!!!