Hey guys,

So the rear driver side wheel bearing is going and I need to do something about it. I noticed the bearing itself only seems to be about 40-50$ online for that part itself so that seems like a good thing.

Is this an easy job to do? I've already done all of my front CAs, all my brakes and other jobs on the car so I'm sure I can handle this. My only concern is pressing the actual bearing into place, I take it I would need a tool to do that? I don't exactly want to bang it in place and just have it fail on me in like 5000 km. Not to mention it's winter here, it's cold, there's snow everywhere and I dont have a garage.

The way I see it the need for a press and the fact that it's winter is pushing me towards just getting a shop to do it. How much could I expect to be charged for this? Part + 2-3 hours labour?

Any advice or experience would help me out here.

Thanks

 

its a easy job it takes about 2 three hours to do unless you having the bearing puller there and you might also need to realign your car i have done it my self personaly twice and its a pain in the *** because you haft to run around town

 

Mate it is an easy job to do , dont bother paying to get it done , as long as your confident takling jobs go for it

 

If I do it myself I can just bring the bearing and the knuckle to a garage they can press it in for me?

 

Yup!
I DIY'd and bought the wheel bearing from NAPA when u buy it there they will press it too! Which was real nice!

 

Easy enough. When I first got the car I did all four bearings preventatively, since I was tearing down all four corners for other things. Used the opportunity to buy the medium size Harbor Freight H-press which was on sale and I had a 20% coupon to boot! But if just one, the NAPA deal is hard to pass up.

 

How'd that Harbor Freight press work for ya? I know some other members of this forum who shall remain nameless managed to trash one lol

 

Lol yeah I heard of that bent-to-hell HF 6-ton. Might've seen it too

Shop here charges $20 to swap a bearing if you hand them the spindle and new bearing.

 

Honestly, the HF 12 ton has worked out really well, especially for $72 out the door. After the A4, we did a 2 stroke crank, and then a whole mess of bushings for a 76 Vette rebuild. I do have to resist the urge sometimes to just go whole-hog-brute-force, and it does pay to step back, make sure everything used for pressing and backing is the right size, lined up nicely, etc. Keeping the adjustable height lower bed shimmed tight is also a good idea.

Hasn't been foolproof, but luckily only had to re-do a $20 set of bushings, not A4 bearings!