Ok my frontside wheel bearing is going slowly but I want to replace it asap. Anyway would it be asier to do a self install on the bearing alone and keep my existing hub assembly or to replace the whole assembly? Seems like getting the bearing out of the hub will be a pain in the ass. I can get a pretty good deal on the whole assembly which is almost the same as the bearing price alone. My main concern is ease of installation, I am real big on doing all my own mechanical work if I can so i want to avoid going to a shop. Is there a DIY on this ? Also I work at Home depot so i can get pretty much any tools I want or may need. Thanks for the help. Changing the whole assembly seems easy in theory as opposed to removing and replacing the bearing from the whole assembly. I just want confirmation before i buy anything. Let me know guys.
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well the hub is pressed to the bearing. that is the only hard part about it... if you can press the bearing out and press the new one by your self then go for it, if not then get the new assembly....are we there yet are we there yet are we there yet
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X2. If you have access to a press then it really isn't hard, you just have to make sure you are square on it when you start pressing.Originally posted by alb_accord View Post
My question is, if you can get the whole assembly for near bearing price, why not just replace the whole works?1992 Prelude S w/swapped H22AComment
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Well i was thinking that maybe there was something i was overlooking and maybe the hub assembly swap may have been harder than i anticipated. Looks like it bolts right up without any special tools. Thanks again I just wanted to double check
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Yea it will bolt right up,if you dont swap, some of the earlier models do have the torx style of bolts that hold the bearing onto the hub assembley so you might have to get that socket they arent that expensive,autoclone or advance has them.Originally posted by newyorkcb7ss View PostComment
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i had to do the sam thing to my car and ironically around the same time, im surprised i did not see this thread earlier, from the looks of it seems like you got it done already but for someone else's reference here is hoe i did mine: i had the same questions you had, but while looking for a used one locally from someone that was parting a accord i called a guy that works on nothing but accord and he told me that thoe parts at the auto parts store dont last that long, so he adviced me to get one from a junk jard, he made a good point saying that if my other one lasted me this long that its better to go ahead and get an oem one from a low miled accord (hopefully who ever owned the donor car did not already change the oem bearings on it) my main concern personally was the pressing in part, i could have taken it to pep boys but i did not want to run the risk of them doing it wrong, so i got the entire knuckle with the rotor and all that stuff, you do need a 12 point socket to get the bolts behind the rotor, then from there is pretty much take the one off your car and replace it with the one you got, you will need to take off the end of the cv joint that goes into the bearing you dont need to take it out the entire joint, the only ither tool you would need is a ball joint seperator, looks like a fork, you can rent it from autozoneLast edited by semitas; 09-15-2008, 12:19 AM.
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I say buy the whole unit (bearing and hub) and be done with it. Then you really dont have to worry about any pressing. After removing the steering knuckle and the 4 12 point bolts in the back the bearing needs a few taps to seperate it from the steering knuckle. (ok, maybe more than a few taps).Comment
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