rear wheel bearing

[Meir]

after having the first bearing in, that was the point i made a horrible mistake.
the next step after inserting the bearing should be to reinstall the retaining plate. i forgot to do that, and continued with installing the hub.
i ended up repeating the whole process from the beginning
removing the hub, removing the inner race from the hub and removing the bearing from the housing.
boy. that was a long day.
obviously, i also needed a new bearing.
lucky for me, i live 2 minutes drive from tuneRS (literally)so i gave the call.
they didn't have the bearing in hand, but was kind enough to order it for me.
the guy gave me a call in about an hour, and i picked it up.
so its good opportunity to thank the guys at tuneRS, for saving me the trip to the stealership.

[Meir]

installing the hub tool setup.





pretty straight foreword.

from the front



from the back

[Meir]

that's about it.
let me know if you have any questions.
for me, this project was most challenging due to the fact i wasn't 100 percent prepared.
pulling the inner race of the bearing without the right tool was probably the hardest part, and having to repeat it because i forgot to install the retraining plate, was very frustrating.
took me couple of days to recover from all that heavy wrenching, but after all (and like always) it was another good learning experience that i enjoyed very much.

[Lew]

I made a very cheap investment years ago for three different sizes of these pullers. Each puller can be changed by turning over the claws. I have used all three on jobs.

Good to have a set!

[Calmg0d]

This past weekend I swapped out both rear wheel bearings. It was a time consuming effort but really not that difficult as long as you have the CORRECT bearings. Thanks to Scott at PelicanParts.com I was able to get the correct bearings AFTER ordering the others from another online discount parts retailer.

The S has different wheel bearings for front and rear. If you look at most of the online retailers they will not show a difference for the front or rears even when designating the S model.
Since I had the hub all disassembled I swapped out new parking brake shoes too. However, now I have the shoes rubbing even after adjusting them twice according to th Bentley manual.

Does anyone have any idea how long that rubbing will last?

Thanks
Thom

[AZ986S]

Originally Posted by Calmg0d

This past weekend I swapped out both rear wheel bearings. It was a time consuming effort but really not that difficult as long as you have the CORRECT bearings. Thanks to Scott at PelicanParts.com I was able to get the correct bearings AFTER ordering the others from another online discount parts retailer.

The S has different wheel bearings for front and rear. If you look at most of the online retailers they will not show a difference for the front or rears even when designating the S model.
Since I had the hub all disassembled I swapped out new parking brake shoes too. However, now I have the shoes rubbing even after adjusting them twice according to th Bentley manual.

Does anyone have any idea how long that rubbing will last?

Thanks
Thom

I had a similar problem after having the shoe stick to the drum after a hot session and pulling parking brake. Was able to unstick pretty easily, but ended up having to loosen up the adjustment a couple of times because it would grind in aggressive turns. Too loose or too tight is not good.