Need some wheel bearing help.

BigG · 08-17-2009, 09:05 PM

Had to have my box towed home today cause of a bad front wheel bearing.

I was wondering if anyone knows of a writeup or thread on how to replace them. I'm not paying a garage to do it cause I don't have that kind of money.
Any help would be sweet.

Thanks.
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PCH · 08-18-2009, 11:43 AM

You'll need few special tools like a bearing puller, bearing press, tie rod separator, snap ring pliers. It's not a very easy job. They have detailed instructions in factory repair manual that you can download or buy on CD (i see them on e-bay sometimes).

859Toaster · 08-18-2009, 09:49 PM

wheel bearing replacement sucks. It took me all day to do all 4 with new studs on my old cavalier... Never want to do them again.

cee_dub2003 · 08-19-2009, 02:49 AM

I just recently did mine. Took both complete hubs out myself and had a shop unpress and press the new ones in! i bought OEM scion bearings. Trust me let a shop do the pressing!

859Toaster · 08-19-2009, 06:49 PM

Unless you have access to a 1 ton press like me

HaoleXB · 08-20-2009, 12:51 AM

had mine replaced under warranty

Black_Box · 08-20-2009, 01:08 AM

can you buy the parts preassembled...i think my front bearings are going...i hear clicking while im driving.

falcondrgn · 11-04-2009, 06:43 PM

are the wheel bearings a known problem with the first gen xb's? how many miles do u guys have that u have to change your wheel bearings so soon?

PCH · 11-04-2009, 07:45 PM

With stock wheels they should last almost forever. Lower profile tires and negative camber can kill them fast.

nclibra1985 · 11-06-2009, 09:08 PM

My front left wheel bearing is bad and the shop said it would be $300 to fix it. My husband and I are tight on money and are going to try to do it ourselves. We work on our diesel race truck all the time so I wouldn't see that this would be too hard to do. Anybody have any ideas on exactly how this is done? or what we need to watch out for?

by the way my car only has 84000 miles on it. its a completely stock 2006. i thought that wheel bearings lasted alot longer than that.

nclibra1985 · 11-11-2009, 09:59 PM

omg...my husband just did my front left wheel berring today and it took over 6 hours! he also broke 2 wheel berrings and just about tore up some other parts. this is the worst job ever and i honestly cant wait to get a different car so its easier to work on.

Black_Sheep_xB · 11-11-2009, 10:04 PM

yeah.. wheel bearings on an American truck are different than doing these. On a Chevy they basically fall out.. tight tolerance, press fit, imports.. not so much.

crazysol · 11-12-2009, 10:44 AM

Seems like alot of people have had the bearings go out. (im still on stock so this might be something i need to address soon)

How many miles did you have when you changed yours.

nclibra1985 · 11-12-2009, 07:52 PM

i just did mine yesterday (84000 miles). DO NOT DO THESE ON YOUR OWN!!!!!!!!

it took my husband 8 hours to do it and when i drove it today something wasnt right with it. turns out i need another new wheel bearing, a rotor, and new hub now. something wasnt put back in correctly (cause it is very hard to do) and it screwed up everything else around it. so save yourself time and money and have the dealership do it.

it would have been $300 for them to do it originally but now it will be $475 plus the $200 that i already have in it from trying to do it myself.

BigG · 11-14-2009, 06:58 PM

Sorry I haven't been on here in awhile so I didn't update on this. Well it was a PITA to pull everything apart and I ended up having to buy a new axle. I heated the hell out of the nut 4 times and broke 2 socks getting the nut off.When it was put on at the factory they must have stripped out the threads on the shaft cause that ended up being the problem with getting the nut off.

I took the hub into work and had the machinist press the bearing off. It wasn't even bad.

So I repacked it with wheelbearing grease and had him press it back on. I was going to change it anyways but Advance Auto's bearing was to narrow. The original bearing is like 2" wide.Theirs is about an inch so it wouldn't work. Make sure you get the right one before you leave.Anyways I ended up putting everything back together to find out it was brakes that were hanging up and heating up my rotor.

I pulled the pins and antiseazed everything to keep it all moving.I also cleaned up the ears on the pads and antiseazed those also to get then sliding smoothly. Haven't had a problem with that side since.Now the Passenger's side decided to start it.

I cleaned it up today but I got something rubbing so I have to pull it apart again. Be sure it isn't your brakes before you go spending all the money on wheelbearings. A mechanic friend of mine said you can drive a long time with a bad bearing on import cars do to the way the bearing is made.

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Originally Posted by Black_Box

can you buy the parts preassembled...i think my front bearings are going...i hear clicking while im driving.

Rears can be bought preassembled but the fronts have to be pressed out and new ones pressed on.The clicking could be your CV joint not your bearing.I'd start there first.

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Originally Posted by Black_Sheep_xB

yeah.. wheel bearings on an American truck are different than doing these. On a Chevy they basically fall out.. tight tolerance, press fit, imports.. not so much.

Alot of american cars you can buy the whole assembly cause they are bolted in instead of pressed on.

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Originally Posted by nclibra1985

omg...my husband just did my front left wheel berring today and it took over 6 hours! he also broke 2 wheel berrings and just about tore up some other parts. this is the worst job ever and i honestly cant wait to get a different car so its easier to work on.

Good luck with that. Most newer cars are just as hard to work on if not harder. I'll stick with my box.

nclibra1985 · 11-15-2009, 02:08 PM

Good luck with that. Most newer cars are just as hard to work on if not harder. I'll stick with my box.

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Yea probably gonna be trading it in and getting a Dodge 3500 dually! My husband has diesels and knows how to work on those more than anything. Plus i'm getting tired of being run over all the time on the road and being pulled out in front of. I need a big truck with lots of smoke so people will watch out for me!

If anyone wants my car PM me and give you specifics!

We also have a diesel drag racing truck and ive helped work on that so much, that i know the ins and outs of diesels!! so easy to work on!!

BigG · 11-15-2009, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by nclibra1985

Yea probably gonna be trading it in and getting a Dodge 3500 dually! My husband has diesels and knows how to work on those more than anything. Plus i'm getting tired of being run over all the time on the road and being pulled out in front of. I need a big truck with lots of smoke so people will watch out for me!

If anyone wants my car PM me and give you specifics!

We also have a diesel drag racing truck and ive helped work on that so much, that i know the ins and outs of diesels!! so easy to work on!!

You go girl!!

I just bought an '07 quad cab Ram 1500. Love it!I need the box as my work car though. I could never afford to run the Dodge all the time.