guitarsnlikker

my bearings are starting to go. Is it necessary to replace the front hub with the bearings or can I replace the front bearings only and reuse the hubs? thanks.

mikey1

i replaced my wheel bearings only,

but you need access to a press to push them in and out

ezone

Bearings only. Definitely a "knuckle off, press operation" unless you know someone with a hub shark tool.


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Hubs are to be reused, but after it is pressed out of the bearing there will be one race stuck on it and you have to get the bearing race off of it.

I make a slice deep into the race with a cutoff wheel then whack it with a chisel to crack it and then it slides right off.

If you need to replace any of the lug studs, now is the time

mikey1

its also a good time to replace the lower ball joint, depending on its age, mine still seemed fine, but i replaced them anyway because of age

guitarsnlikker

thanks. I did replace mine recently with honda OEM ball joints but noticed a microscopic tear in both boots that lets some grease out on occasion. I am looking for quality replacement boots now.

GolNat

iTrader: (7)

Here is an incomplete DIY:

https://www.civicforums.com/forums/1...riveshaft.html

guitarsnlikker

Well I was going to try to press the bearings in myself using the HF tool for 85$. I decided to have local mechanic do it for 55$ for both front bearings. what a deal. He did a great job, I put it all back together and voila goodbye to my last remaining front end clunks. Not bad I got 230K miles out of those bearings. I also noticed I had some wheel cover tangs snapped off so they were not holding on to the wheel as tightly as they should that was also causing some front end rattling which was driving me crazy. I took them all off. car is good as new and quiet as possible. Now all I got to do is wait for the next noise to show up.

GusBuz

Hopefully its a long time before that happens.. I hate random noises/problems they drive me nuts! specially if I just get done fixing one thing and everything feels "ok"

mcnoople

If you had the knuckles off of the struts you should also get the front end aligned. There is enough slop in the bolt holes to affect camber which will mess with the toe which will cause tire wear if it is not correct.

guitarsnlikker

Yes I got it aligned it wasn't out that bad but bad enough. thank you.