Rear wheel bearings
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RE: Rear wheel bearings
ORIGINAL: drkenan
Man, when I changed my rear rotors I didn't do any of that. I just beat on them and they fell off. I've never heard of having to take a wheel bearing out to change a rotor. I think you'll get in there and be like "man this is way easier than I thought." Read some of the tech articles on AW if you don't have a repair manual. If you don't, I'd recommend picking up a Chilton b/c I just got a Bentley and I keep finding myself going back to the Chilton. There's just something about real pictures.
Man, when I changed my rear rotors I didn't do any of that. I just beat on them and they fell off. I've never heard of having to take a wheel bearing out to change a rotor. I think you'll get in there and be like "man this is way easier than I thought." Read some of the tech articles on AW if you don't have a repair manual. If you don't, I'd recommend picking up a Chilton b/c I just got a Bentley and I keep finding myself going back to the Chilton. There's just something about real pictures.
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RE: Rear wheel bearings
Are you having a problem with your bearing? If so, you will need to press it out and also press the new one in. Make sure you have the orientation correctly installed or you could damage the new bearing. You also need to mark the camber so when you put it all back together, you will not need wheel alignment.
I had mine done last year for $130 parts and the labour done by me. I have to buy a 14mm allen key to remove the bolt that holds the hub. Make sure you have that tool.
I had mine done last year for $130 parts and the labour done by me. I have to buy a 14mm allen key to remove the bolt that holds the hub. Make sure you have that tool.
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RE: Rear wheel bearings
ORIGINAL: dudley doright
Are you having a problem with your bearing? If so, you will need to press it out and also press the new one in. Make sure you have the orientation correctly installed or you could damage the new bearing. You also need to mark the camber so when you put it all back together, you will not need wheel alignment.
I had mine done last year for $130 parts and the labour done by me. I have to buy a 14mm allen key to remove the bolt that holds the hub. Make sure you have that tool.
Are you having a problem with your bearing? If so, you will need to press it out and also press the new one in. Make sure you have the orientation correctly installed or you could damage the new bearing. You also need to mark the camber so when you put it all back together, you will not need wheel alignment.
I had mine done last year for $130 parts and the labour done by me. I have to buy a 14mm allen key to remove the bolt that holds the hub. Make sure you have that tool.
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RE: Rear wheel bearings
ORIGINAL: clconversion
I my bad I have misunderstood this hole post i thought you wanted to replace your bearings also
I my bad I have misunderstood this hole post i thought you wanted to replace your bearings also
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RE: Rear wheel bearings
ORIGINAL: clconversion
it does not go into the rotor at all
it does not go into the rotor at all
Your camber will not be affected when you change the wheel bearings, cant see how it will, your not spacing the wheel out or lowering the car any.
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RE: Rear wheel bearings
ORIGINAL: trailboss
Two bearings that are pressed into the rotor an inner and an outter, no other bearings in the rear. They are both in the rotor, there is no hub on the frontrak, it is on a spindle. They are also not a "true" sealed unit, the inner has a dust cap but is still unsealed. All in all replace the wheel bearings when you do the rear rotors on the frontrak, ~$10 a side at autozone, easier to do it now than latter.
Your camber will not be affected when you change the wheel bearings, cant see how it will, your not spacing the wheel out or lowering the car any.
ORIGINAL: clconversion
it does not go into the rotor at all
it does not go into the rotor at all
Your camber will not be affected when you change the wheel bearings, cant see how it will, your not spacing the wheel out or lowering the car any.
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The bearings do come out of the rotor but the race that the bearing runs around in the rotor are pressed in. I never tried to remove it and just replaced everything so i had new everything in the rear.
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The bearings do come out of the rotor but the race that the bearing runs around in the rotor are pressed in. I never tried to remove it and just replaced everything so i had new everything in the rear.
The bearings do come out of the rotor but the race that the bearing runs around in the rotor are pressed in. I never tried to remove it and just replaced everything so i had new everything in the rear.
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i never tried to remove the old race out of the old rotor, i just got new races, bearings, and seal. auto zone tool Thats the same tool i rented.