Front wheel bearings
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Evilnightmarez
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Front wheel bearings
Recently the front drivers side wheel bearing on my 1994 nissan 240 sx took a ****. I know how the whole assembly is set up. You have the hub/rotor assembly and the bearing resides inside the hub. My only question is, are the sealed wheel bearings pressed into the hub? Or can i just remove the rear snap ring and use a backyards mechnics approach of using a C clamp and a 2x4 block of wood on each side and try to press the bearings evenly myself? Even aftermarket for some reason the bearings for my car were 80$ a piece.
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Nismobeast
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- Joined: Sun Dec 07, 2003 6:19 am
- Car: Wrenching on cars, building model cars, playing PS2
PJ PJ PJ, you should know better after all your work with 5lug swaps and playing with hubs. 
No the bearings are not rebuildable, they are a cartridge unit that need to be pressed in or out of hte hub. I did one myself on my old S13 and it took a lot of hammering and i had to use a propane torch to heat up the hub to help release it. :ylsuper OH YEA WD40 and a torch make big flames! He he
Bearing are expensive, its was like 75 for mine IIRC, but i saved money doing the work myself. Just remove the lock ring and start pounding. You can use the old bearing to help press in the new one.
No the bearings are not rebuildable, they are a cartridge unit that need to be pressed in or out of hte hub. I did one myself on my old S13 and it took a lot of hammering and i had to use a propane torch to heat up the hub to help release it. :ylsuper OH YEA WD40 and a torch make big flames! He he
Bearing are expensive, its was like 75 for mine IIRC, but i saved money doing the work myself. Just remove the lock ring and start pounding. You can use the old bearing to help press in the new one.