I’ve got what seems to be a wheel bearing that’s going in the front right wheel. I’m considering tackling the job myself but had a couple of questions.
I am thinking about buying the SIR B90-P2 kit for extracting and installing the bearing but hesitated a bit on the price.
For those of you who have used this tool, does this one look like it would do the job?:
(It's offered by a tool site I'm not exactly familiar with, but at $187, it’s sure a lot more reasonable.)
The one on the Pelican page indicates it’s for use with the
rear wheel only. (My problem is in the front wheel.) But it seems like I read somewhere that this can be used for both front and rear. Does anyone know for sure on this?
The other option I considered was removing the wheel bearing carrier with the bearing in place and taking the whole thing to a machine shop to have them do the bearing switch. Seems like a reasonable option to me, but then I got to thinking that, since I’ll eventually have a rear bearing go on me, is this approach a viable one with the rears as well? (If not, it seems like buying the extractor now would make sense.)
The Bentley manual says to use special tool 9560 (ball joint press) to remove the tie rod and control arms from the wheel bearing carrier. According to a post on RennTech, that tool runs in excess of $200. Suppose this would work?...
The Bentley manual also says “to aid in wheel bearing removal, aluminum wheel bearing carrier can be heated to 100 degrees C. Do not exceed 120 degrees C.” Seems like a pretty narrow tolerance…how on earth does one accomplish that??
TIA for any answers!