I need to replace rear wheel bearing. How difficult is this procedure.
Hi
Quite easy !
Slacken your wheel nuts, Jack up the car, support on an axle stand, remove the wheel.
Knock off the little domed dust cap with a screwdriver.
Remove the split pin, and undo the nut.
The drum should now pull off if you remember to let off the hand brake !
Pull out the inner seal and the bearing race will fall out, also remove the outer bearing race.
Now you have to knock out the 2 bearing tracks from the drum hub.
Clean up the drum, carefully tap in the 2 new bearing tracks with a socket, and then grease the bearing races liberally with LM bearing grease.
Fit the bearing races to the drum, along with the new seal, and refit the drum, tighten the castle nut, then just back it off slightly, and fit new split pin, and then the dust cap.
Back on with the wheel, and give it a spin, and check for play by holding tyre, top and bottom.
Good Luck !
Let me know if you have any problems !
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roaring started about 3 weeks ago under my feet it sounds like a bearing going bad. but i checked the wheel bearings and its not them. is there a bearing were the axle goes into the transmission?
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