wheel hub bearings

[lonelywanderer]

i was wondering if anyone has ever had to change these and how hard was it to change? tia

[HashiriyaS14]

I did a front hub.

I didn't pull the bearing out, I just swaped the entire hub, wasn't all that hard.

I'd definitely recommend air tools or at least an electric impact wrench. People will tell you that the nut on there is 32mm and that is a FILTHY LIE, it's 30mm, or at least it was on mine, I had to buy both sockets.

Get more cotter pins, you can't re-use the ones that are on there. You'll destroy 'em getting them off.

Otherwise, just check the FSM, I don't claim to remember every particular, but it wasn't all that hard.

You WILL need a press to put the new bearings in the hub though, so you'll have to pay a machinist to do that, in all probability.

[hannibal]

The front only comes as a single bearing and hub assembly. You cant buy one without the other (from an OEM source, at least). Dont konw if Autozone or Pep Boys would sell the bearing separately.

The axle nut sizes for the S13 are 30mm front and 36mm rear. The S14 is 32mm front and 36mm rear. I'm 99% sure thats right.

[SmithSR]

You can buy just the bearings from an auto parts store.Any auto shop can press the bearings in / out for you.

[lonelywanderer]

thanks for all the responses, i'll try and check around for the bearing though the problem has seemed to have dissapeared but better safe than sorry and change them out.

on my s14 the nuts were 32 and 34mm