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opus69 · 07-07-2012, 05:03 PM

Just finished with the front wheel bearings last weekend and did the rears about 2 months ago. This is a 2002 S with 43,000 mi. The fronts were not sounding too bad but the rear sounded so quiet after replacing them I went ahead and did them too. One of the local Car Quest had a machine shop and it was well worth letting them press out the old bearings and press in the new. I would recommend using a ball joint press instead of a fork (split the ball joint cover. A coil spring compressor was helpful in removing hubs. I do a lot of auto work so I believe in only buying good tools. An exception being the ball joint press from Harbor Freight. Cheap and did the job just fine.

07-07-2012, 05:03 PM	#7
opus69 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 156	Wheel Bearing Replacement Just finished with the front wheel bearings last weekend and did the rears about 2 months ago. This is a 2002 S with 43,000 mi. The fronts were not sounding too bad but the rear sounded so quiet after replacing them I went ahead and did them too. One of the local Car Quest had a machine shop and it was well worth letting them press out the old bearings and press in the new. I would recommend using a ball joint press instead of a fork (split the ball joint cover. A coil spring compressor was helpful in removing hubs. I do a lot of auto work so I believe in only buying good tools. An exception being the ball joint press from Harbor Freight. Cheap and did the job just fine.